Abstract

Contents: Introduction Part I Chymistry in the Scientific Revolution: Duclos and Chymistry at the Early Academie des Sciences: Duclos reads Boyle Fire, alkahest, and elements From cohesion to gravity Interlude: the crisis of inter-revolutionary chemistry. Part II Chemistry in the Chemical Revolution: Priestley's search for airs and ideas Pneumatic metaphysics: Scheele, Crawford, and Kirwan Operational uniformity and a 'false shew of simplicity' 'Laws of another order': concluding remarks Bibliography Index.

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