Heads of lectures on a course of experimental philosophy, particularly including chemistry, delivered at the new college in Hackney / by Joseph Priestley.

  • Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
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Printed for Wm. Jones, no. 86, Dame-Street, and J. Rice, no. 2, College-Green,
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Credit: Heads of lectures on a course of experimental philosophy, particularly including chemistry, delivered at the new college in Hackney / by Joseph Priestley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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