Collected Letters of Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek - Volume 17
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
Av Lodewijk C Palm, Huib Zuidervaart, Douglas Anderson, Elisabeth Entjes, The Netherlands) Palm, Lodewijk C (The Institute for History and Foundations of Science, Utrecht, the Netherlands) Zuidervaart, Huib (Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, KNAW, The Hague, USA) Anderson, Douglas (Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, Medaille College, Buffalo, NY, the Netherlands) Entjes, Elisabeth (Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, KNAW, The Hague, Lodewijk C. Palm
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.The contents of the letters published here, again show the great range of subjects that occupied Van Leeuwenhoek: from sugar candy, the shape and crystal structure of diamonds, the dissolution of silver crystals in aqua fortis to gold dust from Guinea dissolved in aqua regia and the dissolution and separation of gold, silver, and copper.Every volume in the Series contains the texts in the original Dutch and an English translation. The great range of subjects studied by Van Leeuwenhoek is reflected in these letters: instruments to measure water, pulmonary diseases; experiments relating to the solution of gold and silver; salt crystals and grains of sand; botanical work, such as duckweed and germination of orange pips; description on protozoa. blood, spermatozoa and health and hygiene, for example and harmfulness of tea and coffee and the benefits of cleaning teeth.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2018-06-22
- Mått203 x 254 x undefined mm
- Vikt1 452 g
- SpråkEngelska
- Antal sidor536
- FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
- EAN9780415586429