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Philosophical empiricism

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Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
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Title Philosophical empiricism : containing remarks on a charge of plagiarism respecting Dr. H-s, interspersed with various observations relating to different kinds of air / by Joseph Priestley ...
Contributors Brocklesby, Richard, 1722-1797
Higgins, Bry. (Bryan), 1737?-1820
Publisher London : Printed for J. Johnson ...
Creation Date 1775
Notes The author's defence against a charge that he plagiarized Dr. Bryan Higgins' experiments. It includes the correspondence with his accusers, Dr. Higgins and Dr. Richard Brocklesby, between Nov. 30 and Dec. 9, 1775.
Final [6] p.: errata and advertisements.
Signatures: Ap2s B-Fp8s Gp6s.
NLM copy bound with the author's Experiments and observations on different kinds of air. 2d ed. London, 1775.
Call number at Current Custodian From the collection of Sidney M. Edelstein 1912-1994. donated to the National Library in 1976.
Extent [4], 86, [6] pages
22 cm. (8vo).
Language English
National Library system number 990028178100205171

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