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PRIESTLEY, JOSEPH. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air. 6 engraved plates (offsetting onto facing pages). Half-title in first volume, not called for in second and third. 2 ad leaves at end of third volume. 3 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf, spines darkened, front covers loose; blank outer margin torn off X8 in Volume 1, light marginal dampstaining at end of Volume 3. Stamp of James Rumsey, Surgeon, Amersham, Bucks., dated 1782 in each volume. London: J. Johnson, 1775-76-77
Second edition of the first 2 volumes, first edition of the third. "Priestley's hundreds of experiments on different types of 'air' led to the identification of numerous gases, including ammonia, nitrogen dioxide and (most importantly) oxygen, which he obtained by heating mercuric oxide. Although the Swedish chemist Scheele had succeeded in isolating oxygen at least two years before Priestley, Priestley was long credited with the discovery of oxygen, as he was the first to publish his discovery"--Norman 1750. Duveen, page 484; Grolier/Horblit 85.
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