Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- THE PREFACE
- ADVERTISEMENT
- THE INTRODUCTION
- PART I Experiments and Observations made in, and before the year 1772
- SECTION I Of FIXED AIR
- SECTION II Of AIR in which a CANDLE, or BRIMSTONE, has burned out
- SECTION III Of INFLAMMABLE AIR
- SECTION IV Of AIR infected with ANIMAL RESPIRATION, or PUTREFACTION
- SECTION V Of AIR in which a mixture of BRIMSTONE and FILINGS of IRON has stood
- SECTION VI of NITROUS AIR
- SECTION VII Of AIR infected with the FUMES of BURNING CHARCOAL
- SECTION VIII Of the effect of the CALCINATION of METALS, and of the EFFLUVIA of PAINT made with WHITE-LEAD and OIL, on AIR
- SECTION IX Of MARINE ACID AIR
- SECTION X MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS
- PART II Experimentals and Observations made in the Year 1773, and the Beginning of 1774
- THE APPENDIX
- ERRATA
SECTION I - Of FIXED AIR
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 October 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- THE PREFACE
- ADVERTISEMENT
- THE INTRODUCTION
- PART I Experiments and Observations made in, and before the year 1772
- SECTION I Of FIXED AIR
- SECTION II Of AIR in which a CANDLE, or BRIMSTONE, has burned out
- SECTION III Of INFLAMMABLE AIR
- SECTION IV Of AIR infected with ANIMAL RESPIRATION, or PUTREFACTION
- SECTION V Of AIR in which a mixture of BRIMSTONE and FILINGS of IRON has stood
- SECTION VI of NITROUS AIR
- SECTION VII Of AIR infected with the FUMES of BURNING CHARCOAL
- SECTION VIII Of the effect of the CALCINATION of METALS, and of the EFFLUVIA of PAINT made with WHITE-LEAD and OIL, on AIR
- SECTION IX Of MARINE ACID AIR
- SECTION X MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS
- PART II Experimentals and Observations made in the Year 1773, and the Beginning of 1774
- THE APPENDIX
- ERRATA
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- Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of AirThe Second Edition, Corrected, pp. 25 - 43Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2013