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Edgar Fahs Smith Fund
Established by his widow in 1932, the Edgar Fahs Smith Fund is a tribute to Dr. Smith, who served the University of Pennsylvania for nearly forty years as Instructor (1876-1881), Professor of Chemistry (1888-1920), Vice-Provost (1899-1910), and Provost (1911-1920).
His papers and personal collections, the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection in the History of Chemistry, are housed in Penn's Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Materials purchased through this fund include:
- Rejouissances de la paix, faites dans la ville de Lyon le 20. mars 1660.
- Parfumeur françois : qui enseigne toutes les manieres de tirer les odeurs des fleurs & à faire toutes sortes de compostion de parfums : avec le secret de purger le tabac en poudre & le parfumer de toutes sortes d'odeurs : pour le divertissement de la
- Fabrication de la margarine et des graisses alimentaires
- System der Pharmakologie, oder, Lehre von den Arzneymitteln : nach ihrem naturhistorischen, pharmazeutischen und therapeutischen Theile, kritisch bearbeitet
- Joannis Horatii Molitor philos. & medic. doctoris Tractatus de thermis artificialibus septem mineralium planetarum : in quo propositis aliorum authorum thermis, nostrarum thermarum ingredientia ac virtutes, unà cum modo generationis mineralium in terrae
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