Experimental essays on the following subjects: I. On the fermentatin of alimentary mixtures. II. On the nature and properties of fixed air. III. On the respective powers ... of the different kinds of antiseptics. IV. On the scurvy ... V. On the dissolvent power of quick-lime, etc.

Macbride, David

London: A. Miller, 1764

1st printing. Bound in contemporary calf, rebacked on modern leather.  Morocco spine label.  xiii, 267 [4] pages. 4 folding plates, 2 folding tables. Some offsetting to plates.  Scattered, foxing.  Franklin Institute copy, with a signed presentation plate by William B. Rogers. William Barton Rogers was a noted geologist, physicist and professor.  He is best known for founding the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and for helping to establish the AAAS.  Rogers had been a lecturer at the Franklin Institute.  Franklin Institute stamps on a number of pages. NLM