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Burning
This is one of the six Background Books published for Stage I of the Nuffield Chemistry Sample Scheme. The books were highly illustrated and designed to be attractive. This book describes aspects of the history of chemistry by exploring theories of burning.
There are two parts to this book:
*Part 1 Many explanations
An outline account of theories of burning up to the era of the phlogiston theory.
*Part 2 Lavoisier explains
An account of the work of Lavoisier and Priestley with an emphasis on the crucial experiments that Lavoisier carried out to establish his oxygen theory of burning.
The book was first published in 1967. The historical content is still appropriate for students today.
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