...burning body.' Oxygen does not combine with a combustible body till its temperature is raised , but when a combustible body is raised to a certain temperature,...the oxygen of the atmosphere, and this oxygen during Us combination lets go the caloric and light with which it was com. bintd While in its gaseous state."...

...consequently, when. any such body is raised to a certain temperature, it begins to be decomposed, and to combine with the oxygen of the atmosphere, and...oxygen during its combination lets go the caloric with which in the state of air or gas it was combined. Hence combustion consists of two things, a decomposition,...

...burning body.' Oxygen does not combine with a combustible body till its temperature is raised ; but, when a combustible body is raised to a certain temperature,...caloric and light with which it was combined while in its gaseous state." Dr. Thomson's System of Chemistry, vol. i. 4\7. b The component parts of the oxygen...

...theory depends upon the two laws discovered by himself and Dr. Black, viz. that when a combustible is raised to a certain temperature, it begins to combine with the oxygen of the atmosphere, and that this oxygen during its condensation lets go the latent caloric, and the light with which it was...

...theory depends upon the two laws discovered by himself and Dr. Black, viz. that when a combustible is raised to a certain temperature, it begins to combine with the oxygen of the atmosphere, and that this oxygen during its condensation lets go the latent caloric, and the light with which it was...