Experiments And Observations Relating To The Analysis Of Atmospherical Air - Softcover

Joseph Priestley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0371623162 ISBN 13: 9780371623169

Publisher: HardPress, 2020

Synopsis

Experiments And Observations Relating To The Analysis Of Atmospherical Air: Also, Farther Experiments Relating To The Generation Of Air From Water. Read Before The American Philosophical Society. Feb. 5 And 19, 1796;. To Which Are Added, Considerations On The Doctrine Of Phlogiston, And The The work documents Priestley’s investigations into the composition of atmospheric air and the generation of air from water, presented with explicit discussion of the anti-phlogiston theory. It includes detailed experiments intended to distinguish dephlogisticated air (oxygen-containing) from phlogisticated (or inflammable) air, and to show how different substances interact with air under heating, combustion, and decomposition. Through trials with iron filings, sulfur, phosphorus, bones, and needles, Priestley analyzes weight changes and gas absorption to argue that air is not a simple, single substance but a mixture that undergoes transformation during chemical reactions. The volume also presents “Farther Experiments Relating To The Generation Of Air From Water,” describing multiple methods to extract air from water, including boiling, distillation under mercury, and vacuum techniques, and discusses the limits and purities of the air produced. In the appended Considerations, Priestley defends and critiques aspects of the phlogiston theory, debating the decomposition of water and the nature of gases. The work is a foundational text in the study of air, combustion, and early chemical philosophy.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0371623162
• ISBN 13: 9780371623169
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 66