Priestley (Joseph). Experiments and Observations on different kinds of Air, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: J. Johnson 1774-1777, 6 engraved plates including frontispieces (3 plates folding), half-title and errata leaf to volume 1 present, also with advert leaf at rear of volume 1 and two advert leaves at rear of volumes 2 and 3 present, short closed tear to title page of volume 3, slight offsetting, occasional toning and light spotting, edges untrimmed, original boards, manuscript title labels to spines, paper covering mostly to boards of first volume torn with some loss, worn, 8vo (Quantity: 3) Duveen p. 484; Grolier/Horblit 85; Norman 1750. The first edition of Priestley's three volume work detailing his further pneumatic experiments, including the discovery of oxygen and some of its properties. In August 1774, Priestley heated mercuric oxide by focusing light from a burning glass on it. The gas released from this experiment he called 'dephlogisticated air.' Priestley became famous for his discovery, and Antoine Lavoisier later gave the substance its modern name of oxygen.
Priestley (Joseph). Experiments and Observations on different kinds of Air, 3 volumes, 1st edition, London: J. Johnson 1774-1777, 6 engraved plates including frontispieces (3 plates folding), half-title and errata leaf to volume 1 present, also with advert leaf at rear of volume 1 and two advert leaves at rear of volumes 2 and 3 present, short closed tear to title page of volume 3, slight offsetting, occasional toning and light spotting, edges untrimmed, original boards, manuscript title labels to spines, paper covering mostly to boards of first volume torn with some loss, worn, 8vo (Quantity: 3) Duveen p. 484; Grolier/Horblit 85; Norman 1750. The first edition of Priestley's three volume work detailing his further pneumatic experiments, including the discovery of oxygen and some of its properties. In August 1774, Priestley heated mercuric oxide by focusing light from a burning glass on it. The gas released from this experiment he called 'dephlogisticated air.' Priestley became famous for his discovery, and Antoine Lavoisier later gave the substance its modern name of oxygen.
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