Experiments on air
Subtitle: papers published in the Philosophical Transactions
By: by the Hon. Henry Cavendish
Contributors: University College, London. Library Services
Series: Alembic club reprints -- no. 3.; Alembic club reprints -- no. 3.
Publisher: William F. Clay
Published: 1893
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Water; Composition; Nitric acid; Phlogiston
Notes: "The two papers contained in this reprint both appeared in the Philosophical Transactions (1784, vol.74, pp.119-153; and 1785, vol.75, pp.372-384) under the title 'Experiments on air.' The first paper contains Cavendish's account of his investigations into the composition of water ... The second paper ... contains the account of the discovery of the composition of nitric acid."--Editor's pref.

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