Bericht uber die verhandlungen der naturforschenden gesellschaft in Basel.

Ten volumes in 9, Parts 1-10. Small 8vo. (201 x 121 mm) [4], 89, [blank]; 107, [blank]; 96; 118, [errata, blank]; 272; 136; 141, [3 blank], 92; 100; 258 pp. Foxed throughout. Parts 1-3, 5-6 & 9-10 in original wrappers (housed in a modern slipcase), parts 4 & 7-8 in modern half calf over paper boards, gilt-ruled spines, gilt-stamped spine titles. Bookplates of Andras Gedeon. Very good. FIRST EDITION. These papers contain Schonbein's important work on ozone and his invention of cellulose nitrate (also called guncotton or pyroxolin) and collodion. Collodion, or as Abel calls it celloidin, is a solution of pyroxolin in alcohol and ether. The usefulness of a thin film of this material as a diffusion barrier was first recognized by Adolph Fick. "Schonbein published more than 350 works, mostly qualitative, covering a wide range of research but especially ozone, autooxidation, induced reactions, guncotton, electrochemistry, and passive iron." [DSB]. References: DSB Vol. XII, pp. 196-98; Gedeon, Science and technology in medicine, pp. 27, 380, 397-98 & 436. First Edition.

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Publisher: Wilhelm Hass, 1835-1852.

Year: 1835

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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