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REMLER, Johann Christian Wilhelm.

(1759 – 1834)

(Born: Oberbösa, Amt Weissensee, Germany, 21 April 1759; Died: Naumburg on the Saale, Germany, 29 April 1834) German apothecary.

From 1801, Remler was an apothecary at Naumburg on the Saale river. He held membership in the Akademie der Wissenschaften in Erfurt.

Biographical references: DBA: I 1022, 46-48; II 1061, 261-262. Deutsche Apotheker Biographie Supplement I: 358-9. Hamberger & Meusel, Gelehrte Teutschland, 1796-1834. Meusel, Verstorbenen Teutschen Schrifsteller, 1802-16. Poggendorff: 2, col. 603. WBI.

1. German, 1790.
Tabellen, | welche das | Verhältnis und die Menge der Bestandtheile der, in neuern Zeiten genauer untersuchten, Stein= und Erd=Arten, in 100 Granen bestimmt. | Zur bequemen Uebersicht für Naturforscher, Mineralogen, Technologen und Naturliebhaber, entworfen von J.C.W. Remler. | [At bottom of table:] Erfurt 1790, bey Georg Adam Keyser. | [rule] | gedruckt bey Joh. Fr. Nonne, Jun.

Oblong 2° broadsheet. Page size: 400 x 500 mm.

Very rare. The text of this broadsheet consists of 3 major columns. Within each are subcolumns with headings indicating the name of the stone, and its composition in terms of calcium, silica, potassium, aluminum, Kieselerde, iron and water. The species are listed alphabetically and gives composition in terms of percentages of the elements. Remler provides references to where the full analyses can be found.

Bibliographical references: GV (1700-1910): 116, 209. LKG: XI 14.

2. German, 1791 [Supplement].
Supplement A. | Zu der | Tabellen, | welche das | Verhältnis und die Menge der Bestandtheile der, in neuern Zeiten genauer untersuchten, Stein= und Erd=Arten, in 100 Granen bestimmt. | Zur bequemen Uebersicht für Naturforscher, Mineralogen, Technologen und Naturliebhaber, entworfen von J.C.W. Remler. | [At bottom of table:] Erfurt 1791. bey Georg Adam Keyser. | [rule] | gedruckt bey Joh. Fr. Nonne, Jun.

Oblong 2° broadsheet. Page size: 400 x 500 mm.

Very rare. The format is the same as Remler's Tabellen published the previous year.

Bibliographical references: GV (1700-1910): 116, 209.

Tabellen, 1790

3. German, 1790.
Tabellen, | welche das | Verhältnis und die Menge der Bestandtheile, der in neuern Zeiten genauer untersuchten | Erzarten | wie auch der | brennbaren Mineralien | nach hundert Pfunden bestimmen. | [rule] | Zur bequemen Uebersicht für Naturforscher, Mineralogen, Metallurgen, Technologen und Naturliebhaber | entworfen | von | Johann Christian Wilhelm Remler. | [rule] | Erfurt 1790. | bey Georg Adam Keyser.

Oblong 4°: π2 B-D2 E1; 9l.; [1]-18 p. Page size: 210 x 375 mm.

Contents: [1-2], Title page, verso blank.; [3], Dedication to Christian Friedrich Voigt.; [4], Blank.; [5]-18, Text.

Very rare. The text of this work consists of a series of tables indicating the composition of various mineral species. Column headings indicate the specific elements, while precentages under a head show the amount contained in the specific species.

Bibliographical references: LKG: IX 15a.

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