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Previous | Home | NextThe fireplace -- the necessary ingredient of any 19th or early 20th century chemist. Priestley's notable discovery in the New World was "heavy inflammable air" (carbon monoxide), which he considered to be a form of phlogiston. Priestley spent most of his research hours fighting a rear-guard action defending phlogiston, which by the beginnings of the 19th century had become an antiquated concept. Priestley's most important contribution in the USA was his impetus to the growth of chemistry on this side of the Atlantic Ocean.
