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020 _a9781139644389 (ebook)
020 _z9781108063951 (paperback)
040 _aUkCbUP
_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 4 _aQC161
_b.P75 1775
082 0 4 _a540
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100 1 _aPriestley, Joseph,
_d1733-1804,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aExperiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air :
_bThe Second Edition, Corrected.
_nVolume 1 /
_cJoseph Priestley.
246 3 _aExperiments & Observations on Different Kinds of Air
264 1 _aPlace of publication not identified :
_bpublisher not identified,
_c1775.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press
300 _a1 online resource (xxiv, 325 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. Physical sciences
520 _aBy the late eighteenth century, scientists had discovered certain types of gas, such as 'fixed air' (carbon dioxide), but their composition was little understood. Relatively few investigations into gases had taken place, and so the polymath Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) was able to make major breakthroughs in the field using a range of experimental techniques. While living near a brewery, he found that it was possible to outline the shape of the gas above fermenting beer with smoke, and that fire would burn with varying strength depending on the composition of the air. This three-volume collection first appeared between 1774 and 1777. Primarily an account of Priestley's early experiments, with details of apparatus including candles and live mice, Volume 1 is reissued here in its corrected 1775 second edition and also incorporates a brief history of the field of inquiry.
650 0 _aAir
_vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 _aChemistry
_vEarly works to 1800.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108063951
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
_pPhysical sciences.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139644389
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_d514777