Joseph Priestley, Enlightened Experimentalist

Joseph Priestley, Scientist, Philosopher, and Theologian

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Brock, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Electrostatics; Lavoisier; Optics; Photosynthesis; Pneumatic chemistry; Science

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EID: 84921258547     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199215300.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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