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... Experiments on Magnesia , Quicklime , and other Alkaline Substances , ' incontestably the most beautiful example of strict in- ductive investigation since the ' Optics ' of Sir Isaac Newton . His fervent admiration of that masterly work ...
... Experiments on Magnesia , Quicklime , and other Alkaline Substances , ' incontestably the most beautiful example of strict in- ductive investigation since the ' Optics ' of Sir Isaac Newton . His fervent admiration of that masterly work ...
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... experiments on air than any other of the old chemists , adopts the com- monly received opinion that all elastic ... experiment on the similarity of the rainbow colours with those formed by the sun's rays refracted twice and reflected ...
... experiments on air than any other of the old chemists , adopts the com- monly received opinion that all elastic ... experiment on the similarity of the rainbow colours with those formed by the sun's rays refracted twice and reflected ...
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... experiments of Lavoisier on gases , on combustion , and on oxidation , further than to say that he had for a considerable time been engaged in these inquiries . It was not indeed till 1787 that he became a convert to the sound and ...
... experiments of Lavoisier on gases , on combustion , and on oxidation , further than to say that he had for a considerable time been engaged in these inquiries . It was not indeed till 1787 that he became a convert to the sound and ...
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... experiments to investigate the cause of these appearances , and was led to the discovery of latent heat , or the absorption of heat upon bodies passing from the solid to the fluid state , and from the fluid to the aëri- form , the heat ...
... experiments to investigate the cause of these appearances , and was led to the discovery of latent heat , or the absorption of heat upon bodies passing from the solid to the fluid state , and from the fluid to the aëri- form , the heat ...
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... experiments of Priestley and Scheele upon oxygen gas , and of Cavendish on hydrogen gas , and which has changed the whole aspect of chemical science , was founded mainly upon the doctrines of latent and specific heat . It was thus the ...
... experiments of Priestley and Scheele upon oxygen gas , and of Cavendish on hydrogen gas , and which has changed the whole aspect of chemical science , was founded mainly upon the doctrines of latent and specific heat . It was thus the ...
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