 Lavoisier, as well as of the conclusion drawn from them, 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, that till he was prevailed upon to repeat...  Lives of Philosophers of the Time of George III. - Page 314by Henry Brougham Baron Brougham and Vaux - 1855 - 492 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Eric John Holmyard - 1925 - 140 pages
...M. Lavoisier from thinking any such opinion warranted, that, till he was prevailed upon to respect the experiment himself, he found some difficulty in...whole of the two airs could be converted into water '. Cavendish's investigation of the composition of nitric acid was of almost equal importance with... | |
 | Tim Fulford - 2002 - 278 pages
...warranted, that, till he was prevailed upon to repeat the experiment himself, he found some diliiculty in believing that nearly the whole of the two airs could be converted into water. It is remarkable, that neither of these gentlemen found any acid in the water produced by the combustion;... | |
 | Oliver J. Thatcher - 2004 - 466 pages
...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...whole of the two airs could be converted into water. It is remarkable, that neither of these gentlemen found any acid in the water produced by the combustion... | |
 | Henry Cavendish - 530 pages
...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...whole of the two airs could be converted into water. It is remarkable, that neither of these gentlemen found any acid in the water produced by the combustion... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1891 - 1334 pages
...thinking- any sa;' opinion warranted that, till he was prevailed upon to repeat the experiment htself, he found some difficulty in believing that nearly the whole of the two sb could be converted into water.' This addition, as I have had the opportunity «i verifying by an... | |
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