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Bailey, J.W., fl. 1838 Chemical Notes, on Gunpowder and its Materials

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05707.07 Author/Creator: Bailey, J.W., fl. 1838 Place Written: West Point, New York Type: Pamphlet Date: 1838 Pagination: 14 p. : Height: 33 cm, Width: 25 cm Order a Copy

Bailey is listed on title page as Acting Professor of Chemistry. Lithography by George Aspinwall at the U.S. Military Academy Press. Owned by Henry W. Halleck while a cadet at West Point. Bound together in a book with GLC05707.01-.07.

Bailey, J.W., fl. 1838
Halleck, Henry Wager, 1815-1872

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