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The Playfair Collection and the teaching of chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, 1713-1858 /

Anderson, R.G.W.,

The Playfair Collection and the teaching of chemistry at the University of Edinburgh, 1713-1858 / R.G.W. Anderson. - 1 online resource (175 pages) : illustrations. - European History and Culture - Book Archive pre-2000 . - European History and Culture - Book Archive pre-2000 .

Front Matter -- Preliminary Material / R G W Anderson -- List of Illustrations / R G W Anderson -- Foreword / Tebble Norman -- Preface / R G W Anderson -- Chapter 1 Early Chemistry Teaching in Edinburgh: James Crawford, Andrew Plummer and William Cullen / R G W Anderson -- Chapter 2 Joseph Black / R G W Anderson -- Chapter 3 Thomas Charles Hope / R G W Anderson -- Chapter 4 William Gregory / R G W Anderson -- Chapter 5 Playfair Collection: Acquisition and Provenance / R G W Anderson -- Contents of the Catalogue Section / R G W Anderson -- Instruments and Apparatus in The Playfair Collection / R G W Anderson -- Back Matter -- Appendix 1 The Following Items which Appear in the Museum Register Entry of 30 September 1858 Cannot now be Located, or have been Destroyed. / R G W Anderson -- Appendix 2 Original Entry in the Manuscript Museum Register by George Wilson, Director of the Industrial Museum of Scotland. The Numbers in Italics Following Each Entry Refer to the Numbering in this Catalogue. / R G W Anderson -- Appendix 3 Apparatus and Instruments which may have Associations with the Edinburgh Professors of Chemistry in Collections other than the Playfair Collection. / R G W Anderson -- Select Bibliography / R G W Anderson -- Index of Personal Names / R G W Anderson.


English

9789004626744

10.1163/9789004626744 DOI


Chemistry--Study and teaching (Higher)--Scotland.
Scientific apparatus and instruments--Collectors and collecting.

QD49.S353

542/.074/094134