Fourteen weeks in chemistry by Joel Dorman Steele

University of Michigan Library, 2005-12-20. Paperback. Good.

University of Michigan Library, 2005-12-20. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: A. S. Barnes & Company, 1879. Very good plus.. Early revised edition of this attractive illustrated chemistry textbook first published in 1873, one of J. Dorman Steele's famed series of standard texts for the classroom. FOURTEEN WEEKS IN CHEMISTRY is an example of efforts to standardize science education in the US, and it proved to be quite timely. Steele reflects on its "constantly increasing sale" in his preface to this expanded edition, and observes that "hundreds of schools where science had never been taught before" were using his text. Among the illustrations is one depicting a young woman inspecting an experiment. Despite its 19th-century popularity, FOURTEEN WEEKS IN CHEMISTRY is scarce on the market, particularly in such bright condition - a common fate for Victorian textbooks, perhaps especially those kept next to scientific experiments. 7.25'' x 4.75''. Publisher's red cloth pictorial boards. All edges marbled. Illustrated with color frontispiece and smaller black-and-white… Read More

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.