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BOERHAAVE, HERMANN. 1668-1738. Boerhaave's Aphorisms: Concerning the Knowledge and Cure of Diseases. London: A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1735.
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BOERHAAVE, HERMANN. 1668-1738.
Boerhaave's Aphorisms: Concerning the Knowledge and Cure of Diseases. London: A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1735.
8vo (197 x 126 mm). Woodcut headpieces and initials. Contemporary paneled calf, modern cloth-covered clamshell box. Joints cracked, chipping to spine, soiling and browning.
Provenance: Swynfen Jervis, Esq., English barrister, 1700-1777 (bookplate); Charles Singer, British historian, 1876-1960 (ownership inscription on front free endpaper).
"[Boerhave] introduced exact quantitative methods into chemistry by measuring temperature and using the best available balances made by Fahrenheit; indeed he may be considered the founder of physical chemistry as well as a contributor to pneumatic chemistry and biochemistry" (DSB).
8vo (197 x 126 mm). Woodcut headpieces and initials. Contemporary paneled calf, modern cloth-covered clamshell box. Joints cracked, chipping to spine, soiling and browning.
Provenance: Swynfen Jervis, Esq., English barrister, 1700-1777 (bookplate); Charles Singer, British historian, 1876-1960 (ownership inscription on front free endpaper).
"[Boerhave] introduced exact quantitative methods into chemistry by measuring temperature and using the best available balances made by Fahrenheit; indeed he may be considered the founder of physical chemistry as well as a contributor to pneumatic chemistry and biochemistry" (DSB).





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