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050 00 $aQ143.S6$bT87 2020
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100 1 $aTurner, Steven,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe science of James Smithson :$bdiscoveries from the Smithsonian founder /$cSteven Turner.
264 1 $aWashington, DC :$bSmithsonian Books,$c[2020]
300 $a1 online resource :$billustrations
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $acomputer$bn$2rdamedia
338 $aonline resource$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe 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?
520 $a"An exploration of the scientific career of James Smithson, who left his fortune to establish the Smithsonian Institution"--$cProvided by publisher.
588 $aDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 30, 2020).
600 10 $aSmithson, James,$d1765-1829.
610 20 $aSmithsonian Institution$xHistory.
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651 7 $aGreat Britain.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204623
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776 08 $iPrint version:$aTurner, Steven (Steven Craig).$tThe science of James Smithson$dWashington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2020]$z9781588346902$w(DLC) 2020017952
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