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SCHEELE, CARL WILHELM. Chemical Observations and Experiments on Air and Fire . . . With a Prefatory Introduction by Torbern Bergman.<> xl, 193, [1] pages. 8vo, 19th-century 1/4 sheep gilt, joints rubbed; title rehinged, with 19th-century institutional stamp; lacks the plate.<> London: J. Johnson, 1780
One of 2 editions of this translation published the same year, this not including the notes by Richard Kirwan and letter by Joseph Priestley. "This work contains Scheele's discovery of oxygen, made independently of Priestley. He shows that air consists of two gases one of which supports combustion while the other does not. The former he identified with fixed air obtained with saltpetre, nitric acid, black oxide of manganese etc. He endeavoured to associate several phenomena with the action of this gas, particularly connecting it with the respiratory function and growth of plants"--Duveen, page 533. DSB XII, 147; Partington III, 211.<
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