Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

by Joseph Priestley

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THE THEOLOGICAL REPOSITORY.

Consisting of original Essays, Hints, Queries, &c. calculated to promote religious Knowledge, in 3 Volumes, 8vo, Price 18s. in Boards.

Among other Articles, too many to be enumerated in an Advertisement, these three Volumes will be found to contain such original and truly valuable Observations on the Doctrine of the Atonement, the Pre-existence of Christ, and the Inspiration of the Scriptures, more especially respecting the Harmony of the Evangelists, and the Reasoning of the Apostle Paul, as cannot fail to recommend them to those Persons, who wish to make a truly free Enquiry into these important Subjects.

In the First Volume, which is now reprinted, several Articles are added, particularly Two Letters from Dr. Thomas Shaw to Dr. Benson, relating to the Passage of the Israelites through the Red Sea.

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