Author: Priestley, Joseph; Scheele, Carl Wilhelm.
Title: The Discovery of Oxygen: Part I: Experiments by Joseph Priestley 1775. Part II: Experiments by Carl Wilhelm Scheele 1777. (2 Volumes).
Description: Edinburgh, U.K.: The Alembic Club, 1901 and 1923. 1901 and 1923. - Octavo, blue boards. The bindings are soiled with the spines darkened & their heads & tails lightly chipped. There are fragments of paper adhering to the rear cover of Part I and white staining to the front cover of Part II. 55 pages; and 46 pages plus two-page publisher's catalog. There is a full-page black-and-white illustration in Part II. There is foxing to the pastedowns & endpapers of Part I with occasional light foxing to its text pages. Good only.

Alembic Club Reprints Nos. 7 and 8. Fair .

Keywords: CHEMISTRY; PNEUMATIC CHEMISTRY; THE DISCOVERY OF OXYGEN PARTS I AND 2; JOSEPH PRIESTLEY; CARL WILHELM SCHEELE; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CHEMISTS; ALEMBIC CLUB REPRINTS; ILLUSTRATION.

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