CHEVREUL, Michel Eugène (1786-1889). Recherches Chimiques sur les Corps Gras d'Origine Animale, Paris: F. G. Levrault, 1823, 8°, FIRST EDITION, with half title, 3 folding letterpress tables, final errata leaf and engraved plate at end (dampstained throughout, occasional spotting, pp. 348-49 slightly adhering to one another, half title repaired at outer margin, with blindstamp and ownership stamp of Ernst Darmstaedter and further stamp of Leopold von Chrisman), modern half calf. [GM 669: "A classic study of animal fats. Chevreul discovered that fats are composed of fatty acids and glycerol"; Waller 11102; Wellcome II, p. 338]

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CHEVREUL, Michel Eugène (1786-1889). Recherches Chimiques sur les Corps Gras d'Origine Animale, Paris: F. G. Levrault, 1823, 8°, FIRST EDITION, with half title, 3 folding letterpress tables, final errata leaf and engraved plate at end (dampstained throughout, occasional spotting, pp. 348-49 slightly adhering to one another, half title repaired at outer margin, with blindstamp and ownership stamp of Ernst Darmstaedter and further stamp of Leopold von Chrisman), modern half calf. [GM 669: "A classic study of animal fats. Chevreul discovered that fats are composed of fatty acids and glycerol"; Waller 11102; Wellcome II, p. 338]

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Chevreul's discovery that fatty substances - previously regarded as simple organic substances - consist of a solid (stearn) and fluid (olein) laid the foundation of the soap and glycerine industries.

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