A Brief Account of Microscopical Observations made in the Months of June, July, and August, 1827, on the Particles contained in the Pollen of Plants; and on the general Existence of active Molecules in organic and inorganic bodies. [With:] Additional remarks on active molecules.
Edinburgh; London: Adam Black; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1828-1929. First journal printing, in original never-bound sheets, of Robert Brown’s description of the molecular phenomenon later known as “Brownian motion,” one of the most important discoveries of the nineteenth century. It formed the basis for kinetic theory of gases..... More
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