 | 1817 - 428 pages
...probable, that in certain combinations of gaseous bodies, for instance, those above referred to, when the increase of temperature was not sufficient to...several experiments on this subject. I had intended intended to expose fine, wires to oxygen and olefiant gas, and to oxygen and hydrogen during their... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1821 - 436 pages
...ignite solid matters exposed to them. Sir H. Davy had devised several experiments on this subject. He had intended to expose fine wires to oxygen and olefiant...slow combination under different circumstances, when he was accidentally led to the knowledge of the fact, and at the same time to the discovery of a new... | |
 | Sir Humphry Davy - 1825 - 174 pages
...probable, that in certain combinations of gaseous bodies, for instance, those above referred to, when the increase of temperature was not sufficient to render the gaseous matters themselves lumi_ nous ; yet still it might be adequate to ignite solid matters exposed to them, I had devised... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 pages
...ignite solid matters exposed to them. 'Sir [I. Davy had devised several experiments on this subject. He had intended to expose fine wires to oxygen and olefiant...slow combination under different circumstances, when he was led, accidentally, to the knowledge of the fact, and at the same time to the discovery, of a... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1831 - 980 pages
...solid matters exposed to them. Sir H. Davy had devised several experiments on this subject. He liad intended to expose fine wires to oxygen and olefiant...slow combination under different circumstances, when he was accidentally led to the knowledge of the^ací, and at the same time to the discovery of a new... | |
 | John Davy - 1836 - 436 pages
...that in certain combinations of gaseous bodies, — for instance, those above referred to, — when the increase of temperature was not sufficient to...slow combination under different circumstances, when I was accidentally led to the knowledge of the fact, and at the same time to the discovery of a new... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1817 - 476 pages
...probable, that in certain combinations of gaseous bodies, for instance, those above referred to, when the increase of temperature was not sufficient to...this subject. I had intended to expose fine wires to oxygene and olefiant gas, and to oxygene and hydrogene during their slow combination under different... | |
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It appeared to me, therefore, probable, that in certain combinations of gaseous bodies, for instance, those above referred to, when the increase of temperature was not sufficient to render the gaseous matters themselves luminous ; yet still it might be... 