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" I presently found that, by means of this lens, air was expelled from it very readily. Having got about three or four times as much as the bulk of my materials, I admitted water to it, and found that it was not imbibed by it. But what surprised me more... "
A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and ... - Page 429
by George William Cox - 1867
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Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air, and Other ..., Volume 2

Joseph Priestley - Air - 1790 - 494 pages
...that, by means of this lens, air was expelled from it very readily. Having got about three or four times as much as the bulk of my materials, I admitted...and found that it was not imbibed by it. But what furprized me more than I can well exprefs, was, that a candle burned in this air with a remarkably...
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A manual of chemistry, Volume 1

William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 506 pages
..." that by means of this lens, air was expelled from it very readily. Having got about three or four times as much as the bulk of my materials, I admitted...not imbibed by it. But what surprised me more than 1 can well express, was, that a candle burned in this air with a remarkably vigorous flame, very much...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 1

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1824 - 884 pages
...and " I presently found that air was expelled from it very readily. Having got about three or four times as much as the bulk of my materials, I admitted water into it, and found that it was not imbibed by it. But what surprised me more than I can well express,...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science, art ..., Volume 1

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...expelled from it very readily. Having got about three or four times as much as the bulk of my material, I admitted water to it, and found that it was not imbibed by it. But what surprised me more than 1 can well express, was, |K«; a candle burned in this air with a remarkaKx vigorous flame, very much...
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A Manual of Chemistry: Containing the Principal Facts of the ..., Volume 1

William Thomas Brande - Chemistry - 1830 - 678 pages
...precipitate was contained in a small flask, filled up with quicksilver, and inverted in a basin of the same metal. " I presently found," he says, " that...express, was, that a candle burned in this air with a remarkable vigorous flame, very much like that enlarged flame with which a candle burns in nitrous...
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The Principles of Chemistry: Prepared for the Use of Schools, Academies, and ...

Daniel B. Smith - Chemistry - 1842 - 326 pages
...burning lens, " I presently found that air was expelled from it very readily. Having got three or four times as much as the bulk of my materials, I admitted water into it, and found that it was not imbibed by it. But what surprised me more than I can well express,...
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Lectures on Chemistry: Including Its Applications in the Arts, and the ...

Henry Minchin Noad - Chemistry - 1843 - 524 pages
...found that by means of the lens, air was expelled from it very readily. Having got about three or four times as much as the bulk of my materials, I admitted...express, was, that a candle burned in this air with a remarkable vigorous flame, very much like that enlarged flame with which a candle burns in nitrous...
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Lectures on chemistry, including its applications in the arts

Henry Minchin Noad - 1841 - 362 pages
...found that by means of the lens, air was expelled from it very readily. Having got about three or four times as much as the bulk of my materials, I admitted...express, was, that a candle burned in this air with a remarkable vigorous flame, very much like that enlarged flame with which a candle burns in nitrous...
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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1860 - 460 pages
...means of this lens air was expelled from it very readily. Having got three or four times as much [air] as the bulk of my materials, I admitted water to it,...burned in this air with a remarkably vigorous flame." The gas thus discovered, to which he gave the name of " dephlogisticated air," was what is now known...
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The Boy's Playbook of Science: Including the Various Manipulations and ...

John Henry Pepper - Science - 1860 - 460 pages
...readily. Having got about three or four times as much as the bulk of my materials, I admitted water into it, and found that it was not imbibed by it. But what...candle burned in this air with a remarkably vigorous fame, very much like that enlarged flame with which a candle burns in nitrous air exposed to iron or...
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