Experiments And Observations On Different Kinds Of Air

by Joseph Priestley

Overview

Volume: 3
Publisher: London : Printed for J. Johnson ...
Publication date: 1775
Subjects: Chemistry

Air Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789361159114
Publisher:	Double 9 Books
Publication date:	02/01/2024
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.41(d)

About the Author

English scientist, theologian, and political theorist Joseph Priestley (1733-1804) made numerous contributions to chemistry, physics, and philosophy. Priestley, who was raised in Birstall, West Yorkshire, attended local schools before going to Daventry Academy, where he became very interested in natural philosophy. Priestley made significant scientific advances. His greatest-known distxtery, made in 1774, was oxygen, which he dubbed "dephlogisticated air." His investigations into gases and their characteristics, which are detailed in "Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air," greatly enhanced our knowledge of chemistry. Priestley also studied nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide, among other gases. In addition to his scientific interests, Priestley was a prolific writer on theological and political topics as well as a dissident clergyman. He received criticism for his Unitarian beliefs and his perceived radical religious ideas. Priestley was a liberal and democratic idealist whose political writings shaped the early American history.