‎REY (Jean)‎
‎The essay of Jean REY -- ESSAYS DE JEAN REY, docteur en médecine, SUR LA RECERCHE DE LA CAUSE POUR LAQUELLE L'ESTAIN & LE PLOMB AUGMENTENT DE POIDS -- A facsimile reprint of THE ORIGINAL EDITION OF 1630 with an introduction by Douglas McKie‎

‎London, Arnold, 1951, un volume in 8 relié en demi-toile éditeur, jacquette, 1 frontispice, 44pp., 142pp., pp.45/83‎

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‎---- BON EXEMPLAIRE ---- Introduction by Douglas McKie - The Essays - Letter from Mersenne to Rey, 1631 - Letter from Mersenne to Rey, 1632 - Letter from Brun to Mersenne - Letter from Rey to Mersenne, 1643 - Letter from Brun to mersenne, 1644 ---- "REY's fame rests on his Essays de Jean REY sur la recherche de la cause pour laquelle l'estain et le plomb augmentent de poids quand on les calcine. The fascination of the Essays lies in its succinctness and the matrix of ideas presented at a time of far-reaching changes in science- appeals to reason, observation and experiment, as well as skepticism about earlier writing. The essays created some contemporary reaction but its intrinsic interest lies in its anticipation of LAVOISIER's recognation in 1772 that calcination involves combination with air. In 1775, Pierre BAYEN drew attention to the Essays and LAVOISIER initially believed the work to be a forgery, later, however, HE SPOKE OF IT WITH ADMIRATION...". (DSB XI p. 389) --- Partington II p. 631-636 - Cole 1111 - Hoover 683 - Duveen p. 505**44610/4461/K4‎