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Torch and crucible:the life and death of Antoine Lavoisier: annotated typescript

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Sidney J. French was an organic chemist with an interest in the history of chemistry. French died in 1979.

Annotated, typed manuscript of French's book Torch & Crucible. 560 [20] typed leaves with printing directions. Manuscript includes bibliography, but lacks index of published work. Manuscript had formerly been assigned a manuscript call number: F887. Published as Torch & Crucible in 1941 by Princeton University Press; H. Milford (London); and Oxford University Press.

Gift of Sidney J. French, 1942.

Forms part of: Edgar F. Smith Memorial Collection.

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University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Donna Brandolisio
Finding Aid Date
May 2020
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