Creative Chemistry: Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries
by Edwin E. Slosson
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Company/ A Star Book, 1919 Garden City Publishing Company/ A Star Book, Garden City, NY. 1919. Hardcover. Reprint of the 1919 edition by The Century Co. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; small ink stain on the front board; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. No DJ. Green cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 311 pp 8vo. Written towards the end of WWI, this books is written by an American journalist with some knowledge of chemistry. It is intended for lay readers who wish to make themselves acquainted with some of the recent developments of applied chemistry, including nitrogen fixation, fertilizers, dyes, sugar, rubber, poison gas, and other subjects likely to be of interest to the average reader. This book also uses as examples of the value of chemistry to a nation is how Germany effectively used chemists to create substitute products that helped keep Germany in the War. A clean very presentable copy
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014740
- Title
- Creative Chemistry: Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries
- Author
- Edwin E. Slosson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Publisher
- Garden City Publishing Company/ A Star Book
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1919
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- chemistry, chemists, World War I, Germany, German Chemists, nitrogen fixation, fertilizers, dyes, sugar, rubber, poison gas,
Terms of Sale
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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