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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Turner, Steven, author.     Subjects     Smithson, James, 1765-1829.     Smithsonian Institution -- History.     Scientists -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Turner, Steven, author.       by title:      The science of James...         MARC Display

The science of James Smithson : discoveries from the Smithsonian founder / Steven Turner. by 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? Requests:  0 Summary:  "An exploration of the scientific career of James Smithson, who left his fortune to establish the Smithsonian Institution"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Business, Science & Technology 509.2 Smithson Tu Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 509.2 Smithson Tu Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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