Experiments on air
Subtitle: papers published in the Philosophical transactions
By: by the Hon. Henry Cavendish
Series: Alembic club reprints -- no. 3
Publisher: William F. Clay
Published: 1893
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 52
Subjects: Water; Composition; Nitric acid; Phlogiston; Chemistry; Nitric Acid
Notes: "The two papers contained in this reprint both appeared in the Philosophical Transactions 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.