Joseph Priestley was an educator, scientist, and theologian.
1 volume, 32 p.
Gift from Samuel Vaughan and accessioned, 1784 (2702).
This tall, slender volume details Joseph Priestley's experiments with the principles of fire, specifically inflammability, in 1783. The volume contains an essay laying out the theory of and debate surrounding "phlogiston" and then describes the experiments he took to prove its existence.