Funkerman23 - 21-3-2013 at 22:06
First and foremost please forgive me if this is in the wrong place but before I go tearing up a treasure of mine I'd like to ask the members here if
this book would be of interest. I have in my possession a copy of a rather old and odd textbook. The title is Elements of Chemistry by edited by
William Draper M.D. The Spine reads Kane's Chemistry edited by Draper. Mine has a date of 1843. Would anybody be interested in an electronic file of
this text should I decide to dismantle it?Or rather is this text worth digitizing? So far as I can it is a general text of that time. opinions &
advice greatly appreciated. I don't know if Reference's has this digitized but before the book collapses( a very real fear of mine given my copies
prior handlers) I wanted to ask.
woelen - 21-3-2013 at 23:21
If this is an original 1843 volume in good shape, then it might have a high value. I first would asses that before taking the book apart in the
copying process. Professional copying services probably can do this without damaging the book, if you do it and you want decent copies, then you may
destroy it.
watson.fawkes - 22-3-2013 at 07:48
There are three scans already available at archive.org. There are two of the 1842 edition and also one of a later 1854 edition.
1842 - http://archive.org/details/elementschemist00drapgoog
1842 - http://archive.org/details/elementschemist01drapgoog
1854 - http://archive.org/details/elementschemist02drapgoog
Funkerman23 - 22-3-2013 at 10:17
Thanks! Saves me from tearing it up although their scanned editions are in better shape than mine from the looks of it. I'll have to try the Archive
deeper then, Thanks! Didn't know they kept pdfs like this.