Project Gutenberg 2009-08-19 Public domain in the USA. 142 Priestley, Joseph 1733 1804 Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air 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 scientific publication written in the late 18th century. The work primarily explores various types of gases, particularly different forms of air, through a series of experiments and observations. It offers insights into the nature, properties, and implications of these gases, reflecting the burgeoning field of experimental science during this period. The opening of the treatise outlines the motivations behind its publication, including previous favorable receptions of Priestley's earlier observations on air. The author expresses a commitment to sharing knowledge through a detailed exploration of his experiments, emphasizing the continuous development of natural sciences and the importance of immediate communication of discoveries. He discusses the complexity and challenges of studying air, acknowledging the earlier work of philosophers and scientists before him, and sets the stage for a systematic examination of different air types, their properties, and the equipment used in experiments. Overall, this introduction serves not only as a prelude to the experiments themselves but also highlights the collaborative and iterative nature of scientific inquiry in Priestley's time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Chemistry -- Early works to 1800 Air -- Early works to 1800 QD Text Browsing: Science - Chemistry/Biochemistry/Physics Browsing: Science - General 510883 510891 2024-09-12T15:43:21.610302 2023-09-13T07:41:42.215218 text/html text/html 513996 2021-01-05T11:42:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 521041 2021-01-05T11:42:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 604982 2024-09-12T15:43:30.748182 application/epub+zip 608718 2024-09-12T15:43:23.895261 application/epub+zip 247952 2024-09-12T15:43:22.609216 application/epub+zip 893924 2024-09-12T15:43:35.688209 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 841187 2024-09-12T15:43:29.542162 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 480633 2022-09-13T16:56:39.429653 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 455777 455647 2024-09-12T15:43:20.564302 2023-09-13T07:41:41.246176 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 455620 2021-01-05T11:42:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 150472 2021-01-05T11:42:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 455642 2021-01-05T11:42:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 150430 2021-01-05T11:42:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19953 2024-09-12T15:43:35.825174 application/rdf+xml 21771 2024-09-12T15:43:22.989187 image/jpeg 4547 2024-09-12T15:43:22.794250 image/jpeg 586906 2024-09-12T15:43:21.660248 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog