VAN'T HOFF, J.H. (HOFF VAN'T).

Vorlesungen über Bildung und Spaltung von Doppelsalzen. Deutsch bearbeitet von Theodor Paul. Mit 54 Figuren im Text.

Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1897. Contemp. hcalf., raised bands, gilt spine. Spine a bit worn. Stamps on titlepage. IV,95 pp., textillustrations. Internally clean and fine.

First edition of Van't Hoff's - the founder of stereochemistry - importent work on double salts in which he outlines the theoretical and practical treatment of the formation, separation, and conversion of many double salts, especially the tartrates of sodium, ammonium, and potassium. - . He was the first to receive the Nobel Prize in chemistry (1901) for his work on chemical solutions.

"Chemistry is idepted to van't Hoff for his funamental contributions to the unification of chemical kinetics, thermodynamics, and physical measurements. He was instrumental in founding physical chemistry as an independent discipline."(DSB XIII, p. 580).

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