Edward Hitchcock classroom lecture notes, "Diameter of the Balloon received from Paris 1832"

Item Information

Title:
Edward Hitchcock classroom lecture notes, "Diameter of the Balloon received from Paris 1832"
Description:
Chemistry lecture notes by Edward Hitchcock listing the known types and numbers of acids in 1831, as well as the number of acids known in 1835 according to two different chemistry texts. The obverse contains information about a balloon sent from Paris to Amherst College, listing its contents, height ascended, weight of materials, and notes about its observation on March 18, 1834.
Creator:
Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864
Date:
[1826–1855]
Format:
Manuscripts
Genre:
Lecture notes
Location:
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Box 10 Folder 8 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Edward and Orra White Hitchcock Papers
Subjects:
Hitchcock, Edward--1793-1864--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Acids--Study and teaching (Higher)--Massachusetts--Amherst
Places:
Massachusetts > Hampshire (county) > Amherst
Extent:
1 item (2 pages)
Link to Item:
http://acdc.amherst.edu/view/asc:282250
Terms of Use:
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Place of origin:
Amherst (Mass.)
Language:
English
Notes (date):
The notes are undated. Dates provided are taken from the dates of the series.
This date is inferred.