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020 _a9780511711602 (ebook)
020 _z9781108016841 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
100 1 _aMarcet, Jane Haldimand,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aConversations on Chemistry :
_bIn which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated by Experiments.
_nVolume 2,
_pOn Compound Bodies /
_cJane Haldimand Marcet.
264 1 _aPlace of publication not identified :
_bpublisher not identified,
_c1817.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press
300 _a1 online resource (394 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. Physical Sciences
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aJane Haldimand Marcet (1769-1858) was a pioneer in the field of education who wrote accessible introductory books on science and economics. Noting that women's education 'is seldom calculated to prepare their minds for abstract ideas', she resolved to write books that would inform, entertain and improve a generation of female readers. First published anonymously in 1805, her two-volume Conversations on Chemistry swiftly became a standard primer going through sixteen editions in England alone, and is credited with having influenced the young Michael Faraday. Presented as a series of discussions between a fictional tutor, Mrs. Bryan, and her two female students, the flighty Caroline and earnest Emily, Conversations combines entertaining banter with a clear and concise explanation of scientific theories of the day. Volume 2 contains spirited exchanges on topics including 'shells and chalk', borax, decomposing vegetables and 'animal economy', which will interest historians of both science and education.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108016841
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
_pPhysical Sciences.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511711602
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