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1. A treatise on adulterations of food, and culinary poisons : exhibiting the fraudulent sophistications of bread, beer, wine, spiritous liquors, tea, coffee, cream, confectionery, vinegar, mustard, pepper, cheese, olive oil, pickles, and other articles employed in domestic economy, and methods of detecting them / by Fredrick Accum, operative chemist, lecturer on practical chemistry, mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy; Fellow of the Linnean Society; member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and of the Royal Society of Arts of Berlin, &c, &c.

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Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:
1820
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, 372 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Description of the process of manufacturing coal gas : for the lighting of streets, houses and public buildings : with elevations, sections, and plans of the most improved sorts of apparatus now employed at the gas works in London and the principal provincial towns of Great Britain : accompanied with comparative estimates, exhibiting the most economical mode of procuring this species of light : with seven plates / by Fredrick Accum, operative chemist ; lecturer on practical chemistry, on mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy, fellow of the Limæan Society, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin, &c. &c.

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Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:
MDCCXX [1820]
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 334, [2] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Description of the process of manufacturing coal gas : for the lighting of streets, houses, and public buildings : with elevations, sections, and plans of the most improved sorts of apparatus now employed at the gas works in London, and the principal provincial towns of Great Britain : accompanied with comparative estimates, exhibiting the most economical mode of procuring this species of light : with seven plates / by Fredrick Accum, operative chemist ; lecturer on practical chemistry, on mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures, member of the Royal Irish Academy, fellow of the Limæan Society, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin, &c. &c.

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Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:
MDCCXIX [1819]
Physical Description:
xv, [1], 334, [2] pages, [7] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Guide to the chalybeate spring of Thetford : exhibiting the general and primary effects of the Thetford spa : rules essential to be observed whilst taking a course of the waters, an account of the diseases in which it will most probably be found in efficacious : cautionary hints against the indiscriminate use of this water in diseases to which it is inapplicable, and testimonials of medical men ... / by Fredrick Accum ...

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Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
xiv, 159 p., [2] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Culinary chemistry : exhibiting the scientific principles of cookery, with concise instructions for preparing good and wholesome pickles, vinegar, conserves, fruit jellies, marmalades, and various other alimentary substances employed in domestic economy, with observations on the chemical constitution and nutritive qualities of different kinds of food : with copper plates / by Fredrick Accum, operative chemist, lecturer on practical chemistry, on mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures ; member of the Royal Irish Academy ; fellow of the Linnaean Society; member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and of the Royal Society of Arts Berlin, &c. &c.

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Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:
1821
Physical Description:
xxii, [2], 356 (i.e. 336) p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Description of the process of manufacturing coal gas, for the lighting of streets, houses, and public buildings, with elevations, sections, and plans of the most improved sorts of apparatus now employed at the gas works in London, and the principal provincial towns of Great Britain, accompanied with comparative estimates, exhibiting the most economical mode of procuring this species of light / by Fredrick Accum.

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Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:
1819
Physical Description:
xv, 334 p., [6] fold. plates : col. diagrs ; 23 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. Chemical amusement : comprising a series of curious and instructive experiments in chemistry, which are easily performed and unattended by danger / by Fredrick Accum, Operative Chemist, Lecturer on Practical Chemistry, on Mineralogy, and on Chemistry applied to the Arts and Manufactures, Member of the Royal Irish Academy, Fellow of the Linnæan Society, Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and of the Royal Society of Arts of Berlin, &c. &c.

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Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:
1818
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 360, [4], 59, [1] p., II leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. A system of theoretical and practical chemistry : in two volumes, with plates / by Fredrick Accum, teacher of practical chemistry, pharmacy, and mineralogy, and chemical operator in the Royal Institution of Great Britain.

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Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:
1803
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. A practical treatise on gas-light : exhibiting a summary description of the apparatus and machinery best calculated for illuminating streets, houses, and manufactories, with carburetted hydrogen, or coal-gas; with remarks on the utility, safety, and general nature of this new branch of civil economy / by Frederick Accum, operative chemist, lecturer on practical chemistry, on mineralogy, and on chemistry applied to the arts and manufactures; member of the Royal Irish Academy, Fellow of the Linnæn Society, member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Berlin, &c. &c.

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Creator:
Accum, Friedrich Christian, 1769–1838
Date:
1815
Physical Description:
[2], iii, [1], v, [1], 186 p., VII leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts