Chemistry.- Mineralogy.- Thomson (Thomas) Analysis of a New Species of Copper Ore, from the Philosophical Transactions, browning to title, ink inscriptions to title, by W. Bulmer, 1814; bound with On Asbestos, Chlorine, and Talc, from Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, presentation inscription "from the author" to Mr R. Philips to title, small hole to p.23-24 inner margin, Edinburgh, Neill & co, 1831; bound with On the Composition of Blende, from Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, presentation inscription "from the author" to Mr R. Philips to title, Edinburgh, Neill & co, 1831; bound with Description and Analysis of some Minerals, from Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, presentation inscription "from the author" to Mr R. Philips to title, final f. lightly browned, Edinburgh, Neill & co., 1831, offprints, very occasional faint spotting, occasional light surface staining, bookplate to front pastedown, 4 works in 1 vol. together in modern cloth, spine lettered in gilt, bumping to spine ends, light fraying to spine ends and corners, 4to.
⁂ Thomas Thomson's works contributed to the spread of Dalton's atomic theory; he also served as the president of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow.
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