 ... of common air; and that the bulk of the air remaining after the explosion is then very little more than four-fifths of the common air employed ; so that as common air cannot be reduced to a much less bulk than that by any method of phlogistication,...  Essays in Historical Chemistry - Page 108by Thomas Edward Thorpe - 1902 - 582 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1784 - 548 pages
...phlogiftication, we may fafcly conclude, that when they arc mixed in this proportion, and exploded, ;¡lmoft all the inflammable air, and about onefifth part of the common air, Lie their elaßicity, and are cor.dcnfcd into the dew which lines the glafs. The better to examine... | |
 | 1840 - 706 pages
...the former to 423 of the latter, "about one-fifth of the common air, and nearly all the inflammable air, lose their elasticity, and are condensed into the dew which lines the glass." He examined the dew, and found it to be pure water. He therefore concludes, that " almost all the inflammable... | |
 | François Arago - 1839 - 154 pages
...the former to 423 of the latter, " about one-fifth of the common air, and nearly all the inflammable air, lose their elasticity, and are condensed into the dew which lines the glass." He examined the dew, and found it to be pure •water. He therefore concludes, that " almost all the... | |
 | 1839 - 474 pages
...the former to 423 of the latter, " about one-fifth of the common air, and nearly all the inflammable air, lose their elasticity, and are condensed into the dew which lines the glass." He examined the dew, and found it to be pure water. He therefore concludes, that " almost all the inflammable... | |
 | François Arago - 1839 - 290 pages
...the former to 423 of the latter, " about one-fifth of the common air, and nearly all the inflammable air, lose their elasticity, and are condensed into the dew which lines the glass." He examined the dew, and found it to be pure water. He therefore concludes, that " almost all the inflammable... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1840 - 510 pages
...— " that when mixed in these proportions and exploded, almost all the inflammable air and about ^ of the common air lose their elasticity, and are condensed into the dew which lines the glass*." The subsequent laborious comparisons instituted by the French philosophers f between the absolute weight... | |
 | 1840 - 702 pages
...the former to 423 of the latter, " about one-fifth of the common air, and nearly all the inflammable air, lose their elasticity, and are condensed into the dew which lines the glass." He examined the dew, and found it to be pure water. He therefore concludes, that " almost all the mil... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1841 - 344 pages
...the former to 423 of the latter, " about one-fifth of the common air, and nearly all the inflammable air, lose their elasticity, and are condensed into the dew which lines the glass." He examined the dew, and found it to be pure water. He therefore concludes, that " almost all the inflammable... | |
 | Brougham and Vaux - 1845 - 560 pages
...the former to 423 of the latter, " about one-fifth of the common air, and nearly all the inflammable air, lose their elasticity, and are condensed into the dew which lines the glass." He examined the dew, and found it to be pure water. He therefore concludes, that " almost all the inflammable... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1845 - 358 pages
...the former to 423 of the latter, " about one-fifth of the common air, and nearly all the inflammable air, lose their elasticity, and are condensed into the dew which lines * Mr. Warltire's letter is dated Birmingham, 18th April, 1781, and was published by Dr. Priestley in... | |
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