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