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Phlogiston.[X]
 Author:  Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804Requires cookie*
 Title:  Experiments relating to phlogiston and the conversion of water into air, 1783     
 Dates:  1783 
 Abstract:  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.

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 Call #:  Mss.540.1.P93 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Science and technology 
 Genre:  Manuscript Essays | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Phlogiston.