 | 1820 - 646 pages
...philosopher whose candour never was surpassed (Mr Cavendish, Phil. Trans. Vol. 74, p. 134), ' until lie was prevailed upon to repeat the experiment himself,...difficulty in believing that nearly the whole of ' the two gases could be converted into water. ' It is somewhat remarkable too, and not very creditable to the... | |
 | 1840 - 706 pages
...that dephlogisticated air is only water deprived of its phlogiston ; but at that time so far was Mr. Lavoisier from thinking any such opinion warranted,...is known to have been Dr., afterwards Sir Charles Olagden ; and it is a remarkable circumstance, that this pissage of Mr. Cavendish's paper appears not... | |
 | 1840 - 698 pages
...that dephlogisticated air is only water deprived of its phlogiston ; but at that time so far was Mr. Lavoisier from thinking any such opinion warranted,...this passage of Mr. Cavendish's paper appears not • Mr. Warltlre's letter Is dated Birmingham, 18th April. 1781, and was published by Dr. Priestley... | |
 | 1840 - 702 pages
...that dephlogisticated air is only water deprived of its phlogiston ; but at that time so far was Mr. Lavoisier from thinking any such opinion warranted,...this passage of Mr. Cavendish's paper appears not • Mr. Cavendish's not«, p. 127, would seem to Imply this ; but I have not lowaim »wj ol VM*. f... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1840 - 706 pages
...dephlogisticated air is only water deprived of its phlogiston ; but at tliat time so far was Mr. Livoisicr from thinking any such opinion warranted, that till...is known to have been Dr., afterwards Sir Charles 131ugden ; and it is a remarkable circumstance, that this passage of Mr. Cavendish's paper appears... | |
 | Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1846 - 566 pages
...that dephlogisticated air is only water deprived of its phlogiston : but at that time so far was M. Lavoisier from thinking any such opinion warranted,...whole of the two airs could be converted into water."* This passage is in Mr. Cavendish's paper; but it is not in his own hand-writing, nor is it in the paper... | |
 | Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1846 - 580 pages
...experiment in England ; and he does not mention that he, M. Lavoisier, did not believe it possible that nearly the whole of the two airs could be converted into water. This omission of M. Lavoisier is quite unworthy of him. Sir C. Blagden's statement was published in... | |
 | James Watt - 1846 - 410 pages
...them, that dephlogisticated air is only water deprived of phlogiston ; but at that time so far was M. Lavoisier from thinking any such opinion warranted, that, till he was prevailed [135] upon to repeat the experiment himself, he found some difficulty in believing that nearly the... | |
 | 1849 - 424 pages
...them, that dephlogisticated air is only water deprived of phlogiston ; but at that time so far was M. Lavoisier from thinking any such opinion warranted...in believing that nearly the whole of the two airs should be converted into water.''t It has been objected to this passage that it was an interpolation,... | |
 | 1849 - 428 pages
...them, that dephlogisticated air is only water deprived of phlogiston ; but at that time so far was M. Lavoisier from thinking any such opinion warranted...in believing that nearly the whole of the two airs should be converted into water.''t It has been objected to this passage that it was an interpolation,... | |
| |
Lavoisier, as well as of the conclusion drawn from them, that dephlogisticated air is only water deprived of phlogiston ; but at that time so far was M. Lavoisier from thinking any such opinion warranted, that, till he was prevailed upon to repeat the... 
