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Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of AirJoseph Priestley

Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

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Original author: Joseph Priestley

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"Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air" by Joseph Priestley is a six-volume scientific work published between 1774 and 1786. This groundbreaking text documents Priestley's experiments with gases, including his discovery of oxygen, which he called "dephlogisticated air." Through candid descriptions of his doubts and blunders, Priestley details discoveries that helped overturn ancient elemental theory. Yet he remained committed to phlogiston theory, unable to recognize how his own work undermined the framework he used to explain it.

Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air, by Joseph Priestley. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #29734.

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24 Chapters

  1. 1.Front Matter3,487 words
  2. 2.Part II173 words
  3. 3.Section I: A general view of PRECEDING DISCOVERIES relating to air861 words
  4. 4.Section II3,997 words
  5. 5.Part I: Experiments and Observations made in, and before the year 1772271 words
  6. 6.Section I: Of FIXED AIR3,991 words
  7. 7.Section II: Of AIR in which a CANDLE, or BRIMSTONE, has burned out2,672 words
  8. 8.Section III: Of INFLAMMABLE AIR3,293 words
  9. 9.Section IV: Of AIR infected with ANIMAL RESPIRATION, or PUTREFACTION7,701 words
  10. 10.Section V: Of AIR in which a mixture of BRIMSTONE and FILINGS of IRON has stood632 words
  11. 11.Section VI: Of NITROUS AIR4,593 words
  12. 12.Section VII: Of AIR infected with the FUMES of BURNING CHARCOAL861 words
  1. 13.Section VIII2,087 words
  2. 14.Section IX: Of MARINE ACID AIR2,357 words
  3. 15.Section X: Miscellaneous Observations1,656 words
  4. 16.Section I: Observations on ALKALINE AIR2,878 words
  5. 17.Section II: Of COMMON AIR diminished and made noxious by various processes5,468 words
  6. 18.Section III: Of NITROUS AIR5,536 words
  7. 19.Section IV: Of MARINE ACID AIR2,658 words
  8. 20.Section V: Of INFLAMMABLE AIR1,253 words
  9. 21.Section VI: Of FIXED AIR687 words
  10. 22.Section VII: Miscellaneous Experiments1,248 words
  11. 23.Section VIII: QUERIES, SPECULATIONS, and HINTS (1)8,757 words
  12. 24.Section VIII: QUERIES, SPECULATIONS, and HINTS (2)7,199 words