01781cam a22003253u 4500 29734 UtSlPG 20260610133658.0 m cr n 260607r2009||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 QD Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2009 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiments_and_Observations_on_Different_Kinds_of_Air Release date is 2009-08-19 Produced by Mark C. Orton, Steven Gibbs, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. "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. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Chemistry -- Early works to 1800 Air -- Early works to 1800 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29734 70582 70582