Publicity of Oxygen, The

Synopsis: Discusses different explanations given for the existence of fire and air from Aristotle to Georg Ernst Stahl’s theory of phlogiston, before covering the dramatic events that effect those pneumatic chemists who contributed to Lavoisier’s discovery of oxygen. The work of Joseph Priestley and Carl Wilhelm Scheele paved the way for Antoine Lautent Lavoisier, who overturned established thinking, disproving the phlogiston theory and discovered oxygen as an element.
Series: Rise of Scientific Europe 1500-1800, The: Course As283
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production: 1992
Availability: Off-air recording licence
Sale; 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: History; Science
Keywords: history of science; Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent; oxygen

Producer

Cast

Anders Lundgren
Bernadette Bensaude-Vincent
Colin A Russell

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