CLARKE, Frank Wigglesworth.

“The progress and development of chemistry during the nineteenth century.” Reprint from the George Washington University Bulletin.

Washington, D.C. Judd & Detweiler, 1904. 8vo. 51-75 pp. FIRST SEPARATE PRINTING. Original printed wrappers, minor chips to upper edge and lower corner of top wrapper. With the stamp of Fred W. Schwartz on the cover. Item #14821

First separate printing of a paper originally prepared for and read at the International Congress of Arts and Science in St. Louis in 1904.

Clarke (1847-1931) was an American scientist best known for his work on geochemistry and the Earth’s crust. Clarke worked both in academia and the public sector, including appointments at the U.S. Geological Survey and International Commission on Atomic Weights.

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