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Mémoire sur la Maniere de dissoudre L'Etain dans les Acides des Vegetaux, et sur L'Arsenic, qui s'y trouve encore caché, avec les Experiences qui servent de Preuves. (+ Pott:) Experiences Pyrotechnique sur la Topaz de Saxe.
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1749). 4to. As issued without wrappers in ""Memoires de L'Academie des Sciences et Belles Lettres"", tome III, pp. 33-56 (Marggraf: pp. 33-45, Pott: pp. 34-56).
Both works first editions. Marggraf's observations that commercial tin contains considerable amounts of arsenic, was erraneous and caused much trouble until refuted by Bayen. - Pott was commissioned by the King of Prussia to discover the secret of porcelain as made at Meissen in Saxony. - Partington II: p. 726 (Marggraf) and p. 720 (Pott).
Essais concernant la nouvelle Espece de Corps minéral connu sous le Nom de Platina del Pinto.
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1756). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in ""Memoires de Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"", Annee 1757, tome XIII, pp. 31-60. Clean and fine.
First printing of a paper in which Marggraf investigates the newly found element platin, the Spaniards called it ""platina del pinto"", ""the little silver"". It was discovered in 1741 and ""the most distinguished chemists in Europe soon became interested in the remarkable new metal. Among those who published papers on it may be mentioned: Scheffer, Bergman, and Berzelius in Sweden"" Lewis in England: Marggraf in Germany....Lavoisier and Pelletier in France.""(Weeks, Discovery of the Elements, p. 101.
Observation concernant une Volatilisation remarquable d'une Partie de L'Espece de Pierre, a laquelle on donne les Noms de Flosse, Flüsse, Flus-Spath, et aussi celui D'Hesperos" laquelle Volatilisation a été effectuée au moyen des Acides.
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1770). 4to. No wrappers. As issued in ""Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"" Tome XXIV, pp. 1-11.
First printing of a paper in which Marggraf ""by distilling fluorspar and sulphuric acid in a glass retort, he thought ..that he had obtained a 'volatile earth' - actually silica, deposited by water in the receiver from the gaseous silicon fluoride.""(Partington, A History of Chemistry II, p. 728).A paper by Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch stitched together with the Marggraf-paper: ""Dissertation Physico-Oeconomique sur la Maniere utile dont on peut employer quelques unes des grande Especes de la Plante dite en Allemand Riedgras (Carex Linnaei, Gen. Plant. 482). Pp.12-41.
Demonstration Fondée sur des Experiences, que la Pierre serpentine de Saxe ne doit pas etre mise dans la Classe de L'Argille, et comptée parmi les Pierres Argilleuses (and) Rapport des Effects de L'Acide du Vitriol sur diverses Pierres, ou Especes d...
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1766). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in ""Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres"", tome XV, pp.3-11 and 12-18.
Two first editions by Marggraf of whom Thomson said ""(he) was in some measure the beginner of chemical analysis"" for before his time the chemical analysis of bodies had hardly been attempted"".
Experiences qui concernant la Régéneration de L'Alun de sa propre Terre, l'apres avoir séparé par L'Acide vitriolique, avec quelques Compositions artificielle de L'Alun par le moyen d'autres Terres, et dudit acide. Traduit de l'Allemand. (+)...
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1756). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in ""Memoires de Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"", Annee 1754, tome X, pp. 31-40 a. pp. 41-50 a. pp. 51-68.
First printing of 3 historical chemical papers.""Stahlregarded alum as a compound of vitriolic acid and lime. Marggraf (1754) found that these substances produce only selenite (gypsum), whic is a salt, not an earth. To obtain alum he treated clay with sulphuric acid, but found that crystals were formed only when potash or ammonia was added, so that alum contains these alkalis. The 'earth of alum' (Alaun-Erde) is a peculiar one, present in combination with silica in clay. It is precipitated by alcali from Alum solution and, after drying in air, is soluble in acids, and is hence an 'alkaline earth'...""(Partington II, p. 727).
Examen chymique du Sel auquel on a voulu donner le Nom de véritable Sel alcali fixe de Rhinoceros.
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1756). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in ""Memoires de Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"", Annee 1756, tome XI, pp. 145-148.
First printing of a chemical paper in which Marggraf investigates fixed alkali from the rhinoceros. (Partington II, p. 729).
"MARGGRAF, ANDREAS SIGISMUND. - EXAMINING THE ""PHILOSOPHER'S STONE""
Reference : 44743
(1752)
Examen des Parties qui constituent cette Espece de Pierres, qui, après avoir été calcinées par les moyen ds Charbons, acquierent la Propritté de devenir lumineuses, quand on les expose à la Lumiere"" avec L'Exposé de la Composition artificielle des Pie...
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1752). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in ""Memoires de L'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres"" tome VI (1750), pp.144-162.
First printing of Marggraf's importent investigation of the so-called ""Bologna-Stone"" in which he found that its base is different from lime, it is heavier and more soluble. In this memoir he anticipated Lavoisier’s conclusions by identifying the constituents of gypsum as water,lime, and vitriolic acid.Bologna stone, any of the dense, silvery white stones first found (1603) on Mount Paderno, near Bologna, by an Italian cobbler-alchemist, Vicenzo Cascariolo, who synthesized from them a luminescent material that glowed at night after being exposed by day to the Sun. Originally thought to be the philosopher’s stone that was believed capable of transmuting base metals into gold, Bologna stone ultimately was shown to be the mineral barite, barium sulfate.
Examen Chymique de L'Eau. (Traduit de Latin).
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1768). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in ""Memoires de L'Academie Royale des Science et Belles Lettres"", tome VII, pp. (131-)157.
First edition, the periodical form. ""Contemporaries recognized Marggraf as a materful experimental chemist because of the extraordinary range of his interests and the painstaking nature of his procedures.""(DSB).
Démonstration de la Possibilité de tirer les sels alcalis fixes du Tartre, Par le Moyen des Acides, sans employer l'Action d'un Feu véhément. (And) Observation concernant une Insecte, qu'on trouve sur les Feuilles de la Guede...en tire les parties ...
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1766). 4to. No wrappers. As issued in ""Memoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"" Tome XX pp. 3-24 and 1 engraved plate.
This paper on the preparation of fixed alkali from tartar by means of acid without employing a violent fire, may have suggested the preparation of tartaric acid to Scheele. (Partington II:729).
Experiences Chymiques sur L'Espece de Terre contenue dans la derniere lessive Mere qui reste du sel commun" Laquelle Terre fait la Base de la Pierre serpentine. Traduit de l'Allemand.
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1767). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in ""Memoires de Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"", tome XVI, pp. 75-86.
First printing of a historical chemical paper.""By precipitating the mother liquor of salt brine with salt of tartar (potassium carbonate) he obtained a white precipitate which gave Epsom salt with sulphoric acid, and he thus again distinguished magnesia from lime, confirming the work of Hoffmann, whom he mentions""(Partington II, p. 728).
Examen Chymique du Bois de Cedre. Traduit de l'Allemand.
(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1755). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in ""Memoires de Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"", Annee 1753, tome IX, pp. 73-78.
First printing.
