Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

by Joseph Priestly

A research publication in which the author reports a series of his experiments on "airs" or gases, most notably his discovery of oxygen gas.

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English

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English

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1772

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Joseph Priestly

United States

Joseph Priestley was an English chemist, natural philosopher, separatist theologian, grammarian, multi-subject educator, and liberal political theorist who published over 150 works. He has historicall...

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PREFACE
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INTRODUCTION, Sect. 1, 2
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PART I, Sect. I. Of Fixed Air
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PART I, Sect. II. Of Air in which a Candle, or Brimstone, has burned out
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PART I, Sect. III. Of inflammable Air
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PART I, Sect. IV. Of Air infected with Animal Respiration, or Putrefaction, 1 of 2
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PART I, Sect. IV. Of Air infected with Animal Respiration, or Putrefaction, 2 of 2
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PART I, Sect. V. Of Air in which a mixture of Brimstone and Filings of Iron has stood
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PART I, Sect. VI. Of Nitrous Air
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PART I, Sect. VII. Of Air infected with the fumes of burning Charcoal
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PART I, Sect. VIII. Of the effect of the calcination of Metals, and of the effluvia of Paint made with White-Lead and Oil, on Air
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PART I, Sect. IX. Of Marine Acid Air
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PART I, Sect. X. Miscellaneous Observations
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PART II, Sect. I. Observations on Alkaline Air
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PART II, Sect. II. Of common Air diminished, and made noxious by various processes
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PART II,Sect. III. Of Nitrous Air
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PART II,Sect. IV. Of Marine Acid Air
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PART II,Sect. V. Of Inflammable Air
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PART II, Sect. VI. Of Fixed Air, Sect. VII. Miscellaneous Experiments
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PART II, Sect. VIII. Queries, Speculations, and Hints
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APPENDIX, Numbers I, II
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APPENDIX, Number III
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APPENDIX, Numbers IV, V, VI, VII
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