Resources in Early American History

1	Author:	Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804	Requires 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. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.540.1.P93
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Science and technology
	Genre:	Manuscript Essays \| Scientific Data
	Subjects:	Phlogiston.

2	Author:	Hasbrouck, Louis, 1777-1834	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Notes from Lectures on Chemistry delivered by Doctor John McClean, Princeton College
	Dates:	January 1797 - June 1797
	Abstract:	This notebook contains Louis Hasbrouck's notes from a chemistry class at Princeton in 1797-1798. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.540.H27
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
	Topics:	Education \| Science and technology
	Genre:	Educational Material \| Notebooks
	Subjects:	Agriculture -- Study and teaching -- 18th century \| Botanical chemistry \| Chemistry -- Study and teaching -- 18th century \| Metallurgy \| Phlogiston \| Sugar

3	Author:	Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Joseph Priestley Papers
	Dates:	1771-1803
	Abstract:	The Joseph Priestley Collection contains a series of original letters (about 40) from this leading scientist and thinker. The letters date to the 1790s. The MOLE entry contains a detailed inventory of the original letters. There is also a box of photostats in a separate box. View finding aid for a full description
	Call #:	Mss.B.P931
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
	Topics:	Early National Politics
	Genre:	Business Records and Accounts \| Legal Records \| Scientific Correspondence
	Subjects:	American Philosophical Society \| Chemistry -- 18th century \| Church and State -- Great Britain -- 18th century \| Cobbett, William, 1763-1835 \| France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 \| Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820 \| Oxygen \| Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 \| Phlogiston \| Riots -- England -- Birmingham \| Science and technology \| Taxation \| Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835

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