Lectures : on chemistry, 1775-1776.

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Lectures : on chemistry, 1775-1776.

Lectures are numbered consecutively throughout the 6 volumes. The first volume discusses the General Effects of Heat and Thermometers; other volumes discuss alkali salts, acids, and metals, with Tables of Elective Attraction (vol. 6). Lecture notes are written on recto pages only; verso pages may contain illustrations, or notes written in a different hand.

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