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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Reissued in its 1775 second edition, Volume 1 of this three-volume collection presents groundbreaking early investigations into gases. Zusammenfassung By the late eighteenth century! scientists had discovered certain types of gas! such as 'fixed air' (carbon dioxide)! but their composition was little understood. This three-volume collection presents groundbreaking investigations into gases. Volume 1 (second edition! 1775) includes a history of the field! with accounts of Priestley's early experiments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Advertisement; Introduction; Part I. Experiments and Observations Made in, and before the Year 1772: 1. Of fixed air; 2. Of air in which a candle, or brimstone, has burned out; 3. Of inflammable air; 4. Of air infected with animal respiration, on putrefaction; 5. Of air in which a mixture of brimstone and filings of iron has stood; 6. Of nitrous air; 7. Of air infected with the fumes of burning charcoal; 8. Of the effect of the calcination of metals; 9. Of marine acid air; 10. Miscellaneous observations; Part II. Experiments and Observations Made in the Year 1773, and the Beginning of 1774: 1. Observations on alkaline air; 2. Of common air diminished and made noxious by various processes; 3. Of nitrous air; 4. Of marine acid air; 5. Of inflammable air; 6. Of fixed air; 7. Miscellaneous experiments; 8. Queries, speculations, and hints; Appendix....
