1789-1802 Experiments on the Alkaline Substances Used in Bleaching, and on the Colouring Matter of Linen-Yarn, and, Description of an Apparatus for Impregnating Water and Other Substances Strongly With Carbonic Acid Gas

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Folding Plates, Illustrated, Rebound, Very Scarce

Two very scarce reports extracted from 'The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy'.

'Experiments on the Alkaline Substances Used in Bleaching, and on the Colouring Matter of Linen-Yarn', published in 1789. By Richard Kirwan. Illustrated with one folding plate. A concise report on the methods of bleaching linen and the particular substances and apparatus used.

Kirwan was one of the last supporters of the theory of phlogiston, believing in the existence of a fire-like element dubbed phlogiston.

'Description of an Apparatus for Impregnating Water and Other Substances Strongly With Carbonic Acid Gas', published in 1802. By Gilbert Austin. Illustrated with one plate. This article explains an a chemical apparatus invented by Austin.

'Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy' was one of the foremost scientific publications in Ireland during the entire time of its publication, some 121 years.