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NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, CHEMISTRY, 



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THE ARTS. 



FEBRUARY, 1803 



ARTICLE I. 



Anfiver to the Obfervations of Mr, William Cruickshank. 

 upon the Doclrine of Phlogijion *. In a Letter from the Rev. 

 Joseph Priestley, L, L. D. F. R> S. fyc. 



To Mr. NICHOLSON. 



Northumberland, America, Nov, 5, 1802. 

 S I R, 



X ESTERDAY only I received the fifth Number of your Introduftory 

 valuable Journal, viz. for May, which contains Mr. Cruick- P ara S ra P • 

 (hank's reply to my defence of the doctrine of phlogifton in an- 

 fwer to him; and it gives me fincere pleafure to obferve, 

 that he (hews fo much zeal in the defence of his hypothefis, 

 as by this means the truth will appear the fooner. I only la- 

 ment, that my great diflance will neceffarily make the con- 

 troverfy of much longer continuance than it would otherwife 

 be. 



Mr. Cruickfhank cenfures me for mifquoting his words, and The quotation 

 miftaking his meaning. If I have done fo, I can aflure him J C " c wu a y ^ r * 



that it was without defign ; nor do I perceive that what he ftated to be of 

 ^ no confequence 



i * Philofophical Journal, II. 48. to the argument. 



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