1777 DESCRIPTION of a GLASS APPARATUS for MAKING MINERAL WATER antique RARE

DESCRIPTION of a GLASS APPARATUS,
for making mineral waters,
like those of Pyrmont, Spa, Seltzer, &c. in a few Minutes, and with a very little Expence:
together with the Description of some new Eudiometers, or Instruments for ascertaining the Wholesomeness of Respirable Air ; and the Method of using these Instruments:

In a Letter to the Rev. Dr. Priestley…by J.H. de Magellan…


MAGALHAES (or MAGELLAN), Joao Jacinto de

London; 1777

First edition of "an important milestone in the early literature of gas analysis…"

Engraved frontispiece depicts 24 figures of apparatus

viii, 47 pp. 

 Size 5.5 by 8.5 inches

Modern half leather binding

Lacks lower right corner of leaf 35

Otherwise very good

Text in English
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Magellan (1722-90), was an Augustinian prior who emigrated to England and Protestantism in 1764.
Elected F.R.S. (1774), he published this account of his researches on gases, addressed to Joseph Priestley.
The glass apparatus for impregnating water with fixed air (carbon dioxide) is described in detail.
Newly improved by Mr. Parker, the apparatus was superior to that used by Priestley and described by him in 1772. Carbon dioxide was prepared by dissolving marble (calcium carbonate) in dilute sulphuric acid.
Magellan also describes three new types of eudiometer he had designed; these, and the apparatus for making carbonated waters, are illustrated in the frontispiece." Neville, II, p. 125.
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