Experiments and Observations on Air

Experiments and Observations on Air

Joseph Priestley, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist (1733-1804)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- MOTTO

-03- DEDICATION

-04- THE PREFACE

-05- SECTION I. A GENERAL VIEW OF PRECEDING DISCOVERIES RELATING TO AIR

-06- SECTION II. AN ACCOUNT OF THE APPARATUS

-07- PART I. EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON AIR

-08- SECTION I. OF FIXED AIR

-09- SECTION II. OF AIR IN WHICH A CANDLE, OR BRIMSTONE, HAS BURNED OUT

-10- SECTION III. OF INFLAMMABLE AIR

-11- SECTION IV. OF AIR INFECTED WITH ANIMAL RESPIRATION, OR PUTREFACTION

-12- SECTION V. OF AIR WITH A MIXTURE OF BRIMSTONE AND FILINGS OF IRON

-13- SECTION VI. OF NITROUS AIR

-14- SECTION VII. OF AIR INFECTED WITH THE FUMES OF BURNING CHARCOAL

-15- SECTION VIII. OF THE EFFECT OF THE CALCINATION OF METALS

-16- SECTION IX. OF MARINE ACID AIR

-17- SECTION X. MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS

-18- PART II. EXPERIMENTS MADE IN THE YEAR 1773 AND THE BEGINNING OF 1774

-19- SECTION I. OBSERVATIONS ON ALKALINE AIR

-20- SECTION II. OF COMMON AIR DIMINISHED

-21- SECTION III. OF NITROUS AIR

-22- SECTION IV. OF MARINE ACID AIR

-23- SECTION V. OF INFLAMMABLE AIR

-24- SECTION VI. OF FIXED AIR

-25- SECTION VII. MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIMENTS

-26- SECTION VIII. QUERIES, SPECULATIONS, AND HINTS

-27- THE APPENDIX