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Heads Of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy, particularly including Chemistry

Heads Of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy, particularly including Chemistry

by Joseph Priestley

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Author
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
Title
Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry
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Produced by Bryan Ness, LN Yaddanapudi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.)
Language
English
LoC Class
QD: Science: Chemistry
Subject
Chemistry -- Early works to 1800
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eBook-No.
37682
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/37682
Release Date
October 9, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.HEADS OF LECTURES — ON A COURSE OF — EXPERIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY, — PARTICULARLY INCLUDING — CHEMISTRY, — DELIVERED AT THE NEW COLLEGE IN HACKNEY.
  2. 2.By JOSEPH PRIESTLEY, LL.D. F.R.S. — AC. IMP. PETROP. R. PARIS. HOLM. TAURIN. AUREL. MED. PARIS. HARLEM. CANTAB. AMERIC. ET PHILAD. SOC. — QUI DOCET DISCIT.—WM. LILLY — LONDON: — PRINTED FOR J. JOHNSON, NO. 72, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. — 1794.
  3. 3.THE PREFACE.
  4. 4.THE DEDICATION.
  5. 5.CONTENTS.
  6. 6.LECTURE I. — The Introduction.
  7. 7.LECTURE II. — Of the Properties of all Matter. — Of Aeriform Substances.
  8. 8.LECTURE III. — Of Atmospherical Air.
  9. 9.LECTURE IV. — Of Dephlogisticated Air. — Of Phlogisticated Air.
  10. 10.LECTURE V. — Of Inflammable Air.
  11. 11.LECTURE VI. — Of Nitrous Air.
  12. 12.LECTURE VII. — Of Fixed Air. — Of Hepatic Air. — Of Phosphoric Air.
  13. 13.LECTURE VIII. — Of Dephlogisticated Marine Acid Air. — Of Phlogisticated Marine Acid Air.
  14. 14.LECTURE IX. — Of Vitriolic Acid Air. — Of Fluor Acid Air.
  15. 15.LECTURE X. — Of Alkaline Air. — Miscellaneous Observations relating to Air.
  16. 16.LECTURE XI. — Of Liquid Substances; AND FIRST OF WATER .
  17. 17.LECTURE XII. — Of the Nitrous Acid.
  18. 18.LECTURE XIII. — Of the Vitriolic Acid. — Of the Marine Acid.
  19. 19.LECTURE XIV. — Of the Vegetable Acids, and others of a less perfect nature.
  20. 20.LECTURE XV. — Of the Phosphoric Acid.
  21. 21.LECTURE XVI. — Of Alkalis.
  22. 22.LECTURE XVII. — Of Liquid Inflammable Substances. — Of Æther.
  23. 23.LECTURE XVIII. — Of Oil.
  24. 24.LECTURE XIX. — Of Solid Substances. — Of Calcareous Earth. — Of Siliceous Earth.
  25. 25.LECTURE XX. — Of Argillaceous Earth. — Of Terra Ponderosa. — Of Magnesia.
  26. 26.LECTURE XXI. — Of Ores . — Of Gold.
  27. 27.LECTURE XXII. — Of Silver. — Of Platina.
  28. 28.LECTURE XXIII. — Of Mercury.
  29. 29.LECTURE XXIV. — Of Lead. — Of Copper.
  30. 30.LECTURE XXV. — Of Iron.
  31. 31.LECTURE XXVI. — Of Tin. — Of the Semi-metals.
  32. 32.LECTURE XXVII. — Of Nickel. — Of Arsenic. — Of Cobalt. — Of Zinc.
  33. 33.LECTURE XXVIII. — Of Antimony. — Of Manganese. — Of Wolfram. — Of Molybdena. — Of Solid Combustible Substances.
  34. 34.LECTURE XXIX. — Of the Doctrine of Phlogiston and the Composition of Water.
  35. 35.LECTURE XXX. — Of Heat.
  36. 36.LECTURE XXXI. — Of Animal Heat.
  37. 37.LECTURE XXXII. — Of Light.
  38. 38.LECTURE XXXIII. — Of Magnetism.
  39. 39.LECTURE XXXIV. — Of Electricity.
  40. 40.LECTURE XXXV. — The same Subject continued.
  41. 41.LECTURE XXXVI. — The same Subject continued.

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