http://librivox.org/familiar-letters-on-chemistry-by-justus-liebig/
Familiar Letters on Chemistry by Justus Liebig. [Edited by John Gardner].
“The Letters contained in this little Volume embrace some of the most important points of the science of Chemistry, in their application to Natural Philosophy, Physiology, Agriculture, and Commerce. Some of them treat of subjects which have already been, or will hereafter be, more fully discussed in my larger works. They were intended to be mere sketches, and were written for the especial purpose of exciting the attention of governments, and an enlightened public, to the necessity of establishing Schools of Chemistry, and of promoting by every means, the study of a science so intimately connected with the arts, pursuits, and social well-being of modern civilised nations.” –Justus Liebig, August 1843
Representative works in physics and the biological sciences will soon be available in the Librivox catalog as recordings of Einstein’s Relativity and Darwin’s Origin of Species proceed through the proof listening phase, so it seems only fitting that we should get some chemistry in the mix as well! This collection of letters written by German chemist, Justus Liebigs, in the mid 1800’s provides a fascinating look back to the beginnings of modern chemistry.
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Gutenberg e-text: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4524 - Please claim sections (the numbers in the first column below)!
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Start of recording (Intro)- "[Section #] of [Familiar Letters on Chemistry]. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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“End of [Section #]"
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"End of Familiar Letters on Chemistry, by Justus Liebig."
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familiarlettersonchemistry_##_liebig.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (e.g. familiarlettersonchemistry_01_liebig.mp3)
ID3 V2 tags
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Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, send me a message). Please mind upper and lower case!
Title: Section ## - [Letter #] (e.g. “Section 01 – Letter I)
Artist: Justus Liebig
Album: Familiar Letters on Chemistry
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- the file size of your .mp3 file.
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Thanks!
Jo
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I've added a listen link for Letter 14 in the first post.