COLLECTION OF 16 SCIENTIFIC PAMPHLETS, Of Which Three Are Presentation Copies From Hunt to Charles Sumner. 1853 - 1882.

Hardcover. Very good. All bound in contemporary half leather with a small gold-embossed Harvard library stamp and other markings on spine. All first editions (except one) containing the following scientific works: Considerations on the Theory of Chemical Changes, and on Equivalent Volumes (1853, 9pp); Thoughts on Solution and Chemical Process (1855, 5pp. ); On Some Points in Chemical Geology (1859, 15pp. ); Researches on Gypsum and Magnesian Rocks (1859, 37pp. ); Contributions to Lithology (1864, 51pp. ); A New Process for the Extraction of Copper From Its Ores (1859, 14pp. ); Petroleum: Its Geological Relations, Considered with Especial Reference to Its Occurrence in Gaspe (1865, 19pp. plus large folding map); Reports of Dr. T. Sterry Hunt and Mr. A. Michel on the Gold Region of the County of Hastings. . . (1867, 11pp. ); Volcanoes and Earthquakes. Abstract of a Lecture. (1869, 10pp. ); Laurentian Limestones of North America (1871, 54pp. ); An Address. . . . on the Relations of Chemistry to Pharmacy and Therapeutics (1875, 27pp. ); The Relations of Chemistry to Pharmacy and Therapeutics (1875, 19pp. ); The Hunt and Douglas Process for Extracting Copper from its Ores. With an Appendix Including Notes on the Treatment of Silver and Gold Ores (1876, 39pp. plus folding plates); Coal and Iron in Southern Ohio. . . (1881, 152pp. plus large folding map); The Domain of Physiology (1882, Second Edition, 27, [1][pp. ); Celestial Chemistry From the Time of Newton (1882, 12pp. ). In 1847, Hunt was appoint chemist and mineralogist of the geological survey of Canada. During the 25 years he held this joint position, he made many chemical or geological reports of significant importance. In 1872, he was appointed Professor of Geology at MIT. A scarce and interesting collection. Library bookplate on front pastedown. Each pamphlet has some library markings, indicating who donated each pamphlet to Harvard.