The science of James Smithson discoveries from the Smithsonian founder
"An exploration of the scientific career of James Smithson, who left his fortune to establish the Smithsonian Institution"--
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Smithsonian Books,
[2020]
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The science of James Smithson : |b discoveries from the Smithsonian founder / |c Steven Turner. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Washington, DC : |b Smithsonian Books, |c [2020] | |
| 300 | |a 296 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The Long Road to Staffa -- Edinburgh, London, and Paris -- Tabasheer -- Calamine -- Minium -- The Sulphuret from Huel Boys -- On the Composition of Zeolite -- Ulmin -- A Saline Substance from Mount Vesuvius -- The Colouring Matters of Some Vegetables -- A Sulphuret of Lead and Arsenic, and -- "Plomb Gomme" -- Fibrous Copper and Capillary Metallic Tin -- Sulphate of Barium and Fluoride of Calcium -- A New Test for Arsenic, and "Smithson's Pile" -- Smithson's Lamp and the "Sappare" -- An "Aristocratic Science Dabbler"? -- Chloride of Potassium -- Compounds of Fluorine -- Egyptian Colors -- Kirkdale Cave and Penn's Theory -- The "Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge" -- Epilogue: Who Was James Smithson? | |
| 520 | |a "An exploration of the scientific career of James Smithson, who left his fortune to establish the Smithsonian Institution"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Smithson, James, |d 1765-1829. |
| 650 | 0 | |a Scientists |z Great Britain |v Biography. | |
| 655 | 7 | |a Biographies. |2 lcgft | |
| 690 | 0 | |a Lease, Allen, In Memory | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Turner, Steven, |t The science of James Smithson |d Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2020] |z 9781588346933 |w (DLC) 2020017953 |
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