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Turner, Steven, author.
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Smithson, James, 1765-1829.
Smithsonian Institution -- History.
Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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The science of James Smithson : discoveries from the Smithsonian founder / Steven Turner.
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Turner, Steven, author.
Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2020]
Subjects
Smithson, James, 1765-1829.
Smithsonian Institution -- History.
Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781588346902 (hardcover) :
1588346900 (hardcover) :
Description:
296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
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?
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"An exploration of the scientific career of James Smithson, who left his fortune to establish the Smithsonian Institution"--
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Hawaii State Library
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509.2 Smithson Tu
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509.2 Smithson Tu
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