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NEWMAN, John.

(1787? – ?)

1. English, 1817.
Description of a new blowpipe, with cautions and Instructions for its use, when containing a mixed atmosphere of explosive gases. [London:] 1817.

8°: 8 p.

Very scarce. "The account of the author's invention of a blowpipe, which formed the basis of Goldworthy's [?!] invention in 1823 of the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe." (Sotheran and Zeitlinger)

Bibliographical references: Zeitlinger & Sotheran, Bibliotheca Chemico, 1921-52: no. 887, no. 921.

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