{"product_id":"a-history-of-chemistry-by-charles-albert-reichen","title":"'A History of Chemistry' by Charles-Albert Reichen","description":"\u003ch4\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn illustrated history of chemistry, a snowball of experiments, wrong turns, apparatus, theories and weird upon weird ways of describing matter. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReichen moves from alchemy and early metallurgy through the chemical revolution and into nineteenth- and twentieth-century developments, with figures such as Lavoisier, Dalton, Davy, Faraday and Kekulé appearing alongside the technologies that made their work possible.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt belongs to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNew Illustrated Library of Science and Invention\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, designed and produced by the Swiss-American graphic designer Erik Nitsche, and combines photographs, diagrams, engravings, historical apparatus and vivid colour illustrations throughout. The result sits somewhere between science history, visual reference book and mid-century information design. This British edition was published in 1964 and runs to 112 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLeisure Arts Limited, London, 1964. First British edition. Hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. Designed and produced by Erik Nitsche; illustrated throughout in colour and black-and-white. Jacket has light rubbing and edge wear, with some creasing and small surface marks; internally clean and bright, binding firm. Very good condition. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50566677758035,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/womenintranslation-2026-09-28T180742.128.png?v=1790582881","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/a-history-of-chemistry-by-charles-albert-reichen","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}