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37S9 PRIESTLEY (Joseph, ll.d., f.r.s.) Dirkctions for Impregnating. Water with Fixed Air, 

 in order to coiniuunicate to it the peculiar Spirit and Virtues of Pyrmont Wat«r, and otlier Mineral 

 Waters of a similar Nature, /row^ (pp.26): Experiments and Observations on Difkkhknt 

 Kinds of Air, Vol. I, to Uh 2 folding plates (name on title)— 2, vols. Svo. in 1, sound 

 calf {VERY rare), £1. 1« 



In the first work Dr. Priestley appears aa the benefkctor of the Man about Town by di«covering S.»tu Watku. His 

 metluxl was to produce carbon dioxide by Douring sulphuric acid over chalk, and then to agitate it in » veasel of wat<r. Uo 

 gives directions for usin^ it medically, ana claims for it exceptional antiseptic propertiea. 



3790 Experiments and Observations on different Kinds of Air (Vols. I and III first edition, 



and V. II 2nd Ed.), with copperplates^ 3 vols. 8vo. old calf gilt {binding slightly wormed^ but a sound 

 copy) ; rare, £I. 10« 1774-6-7 



3791 Another Copy of the above Editions, tcUh plates, 3 vols. 8vo. hf. bound, uncut, £1. 7«6(/ 



Dr. Priestley's most important publication, containing accounts of biit dlacoveriM of oxygen, oitrie oxide, uitrouii oxide, 

 sulphurous acid, carbon dioxide, hydrochloric acid, and ammonia gaaos. 



The above e<Iition of v. II (with the dedication dated Nov. 1775) is espadaUj Interesting for stating on p. SSO that 

 Dr. Priestley wliile staying in Pans, Oct. 1774 mentioned to l^voisier the experiments he made in connexion with his 

 discovery of oxygen, addine : ' He (Lavoisier) presently found what I have called dtpUogUtkattd air, bat withoat invest* 

 i^ating the nature of it.' This would settle the ({uestion of I^voisier's claim to be an independent diaooverer of oiqrgen. 



3792 Experiments and Observations relating to various Branches of Natural History; 



with a Continuation of the Observations on Air, 3 folding fronts, on copper, 3 vols. 8vo. old hf.calf 

 (RARE), £1. lOv \119—Binninaham, 1781-6 



3793 Another Copv, 3 vols, large 8vo. hf. bound, xcholbi uncut, with bookplate of the 1st Lord 



Bdper, F.E.S., £1. I5s ^ J ■' i^ J 



Forming a supplement to the foregoing work. Vol. Ill (pp. 400-26) contains his general tbeoretiral views on cfaemlstfy. 

 in which he still twnaciously clings to the phlogiston theory. Vol. 1 1 comprises au analysis of his reaearehes to 1781, and 

 the whole work contains a number of important new researches and experiments. 



3794 Condensed Edition of Both Works : bein^the former 6 Vols, abridged and methodized, 



with many Additions, 9 copperplates, 3 vols. 8vo. original boards, uncut, Zl.bs Birmingham, 1790 



3795 Another Copy, hj. bound, £1. \s 



' In the condensed edition of his works, published in 1700, ho described interesting experiments on the thsnnal eoo* 

 ductibility of gases, which he found to be much the greatest in the case of hydrogen '.—/). N. B. 



In this edition he also more fully describes his visit to Paris, and his communications to Lavoisier as to his discovery of 



oxygen. (Vol. II, pp. 108-10). 



3796 Experiments and Observations relating to the Principle of Acidity, the Composition 



of Water, and Phlogiston ; with additional E.xperiments, and Objections [by HsNRY Caven- 

 dish] considered--3 parts 4to. (pp. 11, 18, and 14), sewn. Is 6rf 17H8 



3797 Experiments and Observations relating to Air and Water, 4to. (pp. 3\), sewn, 5s 1785 



Containing the account of ' an admirable series of quantitative experiments on the oxidation of Iron and the reducUun 



of the oxide by hydrogen, with formation of water'.— Z). N. li. 



379S Experiments on the PHLOGisric.\TiON of Spirit of Nitre, 4to. (pp. 12), sewn, 3* 1789 



3799 Experiments on the Transmission of the Vapour of Acids through an Hot Earthen 



Tube, and furtiier Observations relating to PHLOGISTON, 4to. (pp. 11), sewn, 3* Qd 1789 



Added is : * On the Production of Nitrous Acid and Nitrous Air ', by Isaac Mii.nkr, f.r.s.. Dean of Carlisle (pp. 14). 



3800 Further Experiments relating to the Decomposition of Dkphloqisticatkd and 



Inflammable Air, 4to. (pp. 10), 2s 6d 1791 



3801 Familiar Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Perspective, 2nd Ed., 



corrected, numerous folding plates, 8vo. old sheep {Joints cracked and somewhat foxed), 5s 1780 



With dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds. 



3802 Tlie History and Present State of Electricity, with original Expcriracnte, flxtt 



edition, with 7 copperplates, thick 4to. old calf, 15* 1767 



The proofs of this edition were corrected by Benjamin Frankmn and Jobk Caktox. 



3803 Second Edition, corrected and enlarged, with 8 folding plates, 4to. old calf {bottom Une 



of title cut of), 10s 6d 1769 



This edition contains numerous additions, chiefly from the works of German authors, and an a<lditional plate, repre* 

 sen ting a new type of an electrical machine. , i»aj 



3804 Fifth Edition, corrected, with 8 folding plates {some foxed), 4to. hf. calf, 10* Od 1794 



The last edition published of the work. , ...._..•«. nii • -^ 



' Priestley's electrical work is mostly sound, and much of it Is brilliant. It shows him at his best. The "••wi»7 of 

 Electricity ' supplies an excellent account of previous work both treated historically and summarised <7»^^f*'^*'*** 

 his own reflexions and experiments. ... He anticipated therein Henry Cavendish and C. A. de Oonlomb "» the lwip<Mrta«» 

 suggestion that the law of electric attraction is that of the inverse square, deducing this trma an expenmeot sofffseted of 

 Franklin.'— Z). N. B. , . ir » J 



3805 The History and Present State of Discoveries relating to Vision, Light, and 



Colours, with biographical chart, and 24 folding plates, 2 vols. 4to. hf. russia (backs damaged), 

 with auto, of William White Cooper, ophthalmologist (1816-86) onjlyleaf, I0s6d lu2 



3806 Another Copy, thick 4to. sound copy in hf. calf, 12* . n w d 



' In the ' History of Light ' (pp. 390 et seq.) he announced his adherence to Boscowich s theory of poInU of force. ^U. l*. u 



3807 PRITCHARD (Charles; D.D., F.R.S., SavUian Prof. Astronomy, Ozon.) TREATISE on the 

 Theory of Couples, with a Simple Method of investigating the Ellipticity of the E!J''th. considered 

 as a Heterogeneous Spheroid, folding plate, 8vo. (pp. 47), sewn (soiree), 4s 6d Cambridge, IWl 



' Adopted in the teaching of the univerRlty.*— v4i^n<4 Jtf. CUrke. „^„.,^^ ^ ^^ ..t , • 



3808 , Memoirs of the Life of, compiled by his Daughter Ada PRITCHARD. with hw 



Theological Work by J. J. S. Perowne, Bp. of Worcester, and his ASTRONOMICAL WORK i>y 

 H. H. Turner, f.r.s, portrait, 8vo. cL, 3s 6d {p. ]0s6d) ,,,.-. j r^ o„i 



3S09 PROJECTILES: Experiences faites h Metz en 1634, par Ordre duMiniRtrede Guerre, sur 

 les Batteries de BRiiCHE, sur la Penetration des Projectiles dans divers Milieux r<»i«tanj^ 

 et sur la Rupture des Corps par le Choc ; wUh plates, 8vo. hf. calf gilt, 4s ^oao 



