Experiences sur les Vegetaux, Specialement Sur la Propriete qu' ils possedent a un haut degre, soit d' ameliorer l' Air quand ils sont au soleil, soit de le corromprwe la nuit, ou lorsqu'ils sont a l'ombre; auxquelles on a joint Une Methode nouvelle de juger du degre de salubrite de l' Atmosphere [1st French edition of Experiments upon Vegetables, Translated by Ingen-Housz, 1780] [LANDMARK DISCOVERY OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS]
Paris: Theophile Barrois, 1780. 1st French Edition. First French edition published a year after the original and translated by the author. LANDMARK WORK MARKING THE DISCOVERY OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS by JAN INGEN-HOUSZ. In 1772, a paper by Joseph Priestley’s presented a wealth of achievements, but “the most surprising of... was the..... More