Search Results: water analysis a practical treatise on by j alfred wanklyn

London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. Ltd.. Very Good with no dustjacket. 1891. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library copy; usual marks. Otherwise very good, clean and sound. ; Nice work in this field of science. Section in rear gives mineral analysis of the waters around England, the Nile, spas, more. Few illustrations in text. ; 12mo; 213 pages .

Trübner & Co, 60 Paternoster Row., 1870. 2nd edition.. Hardback. Original blind stamped cloth, VG. xvi+112pp, cloth a little rubbed at the edges, Ex Library ( Royal College of Surgeons Ireland ) with their ink stamp twice to the title & a blind stamp to the preface, light foxing to approx a third of the text, old ownership signature of Charles A Cameron dated 1871 to the endpaper. A nice copy. A detailed account of the chemical analysis of water to determine whether it is suitable as drinking water. The book is more concerned with deciding if hard or soft water, or water containing chemical impurities is fit to drink as opposed to discovering if water contains living organisms or sewage effluent. James Alfred Wanklyn [ 1834 - 1906 ], chemist, with the book containing details of his controversial ‘ammonia process’ ( to detect nitrogenous organic matter ) of water analysis, which, though suspect both in terms of chemical theory and hygienic relevance, was adopted as the standard… Read More

London: Trübner & Co., 1889. Book. Good. Hardcover. Seventh Edition. 185mm Tall, 12mo. Authors of previous edition included Ernest Theophron Chapman. Gilt coat of arms of The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain on front cover. Previous owner had his name printed, in gilt with the year 1891, on front cover. Index, followed by eight pages of publisher's list. Small splits joints of spine. Wear to cover corners and top/tail of spine. Inscription on front free endpaper and pencilled signature and date at top of title page..

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing