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Kolloides Silber und die Photohaloide [Frontispiece]

  • Colloidal Silver and the Photohalides

  • 1908

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Frontispiece depicting an engraved portrait and signature of Matthew Carey Lea (1823-1897). Lea, a Philadelphian lawyer and scientist, was devoted to the chemistry of photography. He is known as the father of mechanochemistry due to his observations of silver halide decomposition by trituration.

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  • Shelfmark TR390 .L43 1908

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Matthew Carey Lea and the Origins of Mechanochemistry

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Lea, M. Carey (Mathew Carey). “Kolloides Silber Und Die Photohaloide [Frontispiece].” Dresden, Germany: T. Steinkopff, 1908. TR390 .L43 1908. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/v9to1m4.

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