...quite distinct substances, and that common air is a mixture of the twa " Afterwards he says that " not only the foregoing experiments, but most other...upon the commonly believed principle of phlogiston." M. Cuvièr has even asserted that the antiphlogistic theory derived its first origin from ono great...

...antiphlogistians' established, as the vehicle of their opinions, another periodical, the " Annales de Chimie." In England, indeed, their success was...no decided preference, however, for either system. Kirwan, however, another English chemist, contested the point much more resolutely. His theory identified...

...the loss or attraction of that substance, by the absorption or expulsion of dephlogisticated air ; and as not only the foregoing experiments, but most...upon the commonly believed principle of phlogiston, it may be proper briefly to mention in what manner I would explain them on this principle, and why...

...periodical, the Anruiles de Chimie. In England, indeed, their success was not so immediate. Cavendish9, in his Memoir of 1784, speaks of the question between...chemist, contested the point much more resolutely. His theory identified inflammable air, or hydrogen, with phlogiston ; and in this view, he wrote a...

...to the loss or attraction of that substance by the absorption or expulsion of dephlogisticated air; and as not only the foregoing experiments, but most...upon the commonly believed principle of phlogiston, it may be proper briefly to mention in what manner I would explain them on this principle, and why...

...afterwards mentions several memoirs of Lavoisier in which phlogiston is entirely discarded ; and says that " not only the foregoing experiments, but most other...upon the commonly believed principle of phlogiston;" and after stating a slight conjectural objection, derived from the chemical constitution of vegetables,...

...periodical, the Annales de Chimie. In England, indeed, their success was not so immediate. Cavendish,9 in his Memoir of 1784, speaks of the question between...nearly as well, upon this as upon the commonly believed • Thomson, ii. 130. ' Curler, Elages, ip »o. » Thomson, ii. 13}. • PMt. Traiu. 1784, p. '5o....

...periodical, the Annales de Chimie. In England, indeed, their success was not so immediate. Cavendish,* iu his Memoir of 1784, speaks of the question between...chemist, contested the point much more resolutely. His theory identified inflammable air, or hydrogen, with phlogiston; and in this view, he wrote a work...

...the antiphlogistians' established, as the vehicle of their opinions, another periodical, the Annales de Chimie. In England, indeed, their success was not...chemist, contested the point much more resolutely. His theory identified inflammable air, or hydrogen, with phlogiston ; and in this view, he wrote a...

...expulsion of dephlogisticated air; and as not only the foregoing experiments, but most other phasnomena of nature, seem explicable as well, or nearly as well,...upon the commonly believed principle of phlogiston, it may be proper briefly to mention in what manner I would explain them on this principle, and why...