Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

Joseph Priestley's seminal work, 'Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air,' stands as an enduring classic in the annals of scientific literature. Written with empirical rigor and a clear narrative style, Priestley chronicles his groundbreaking experiments that led to the discovery of 'dephlogisticated air'—what we now know as oxygen. Set firmly within the Enlightenment's intellectua...