...philosopher whose candour never was surpassed (Mr Cavendish, Phil. Trans. Vol. 74, p. 134), ' until lie was prevailed upon to repeat the experiment himself,...difficulty in believing that nearly the whole of ' the two gases could be converted into water. ' It is somewhat remarkable too, and not very creditable to the...

...attributed the dew to anything else than a mechauicnl deposit of the molsturesuspen'led in common air. summer (that is 1783) gave some account of them to...is known to have been Dr., afterwards Sir Charles Olagden ; and it is a remarkable circumstance, that this pissage of Mr. Cavendish's paper appears not...

...many trials was, that common air and inflammable air being burnt together, in the proportion of 1 000 measures of the former to 423 of the latter, "about...this passage of Mr. Cavendish's paper appears not • Mr. Warltlre's letter Is dated Birmingham, 18th April. 1781, and was published by Dr. Priestley...

...that " almost the whole of the inflammable and dephlogisticated air ú converted into pure tcater." And, again, that "if these airs could be obtained...this passage of Mr. Cavendish's paper appears not • Mr. Cavendish's not«, p. 127, would seem to Imply this ; but I have not lowaim »wj ol VM*. f...

...dephlogisticated air is only water deprived of its phlogiston ; but at tliat time so far was Mr. Livoisicr from thinking any such opinion warranted, that till...is known to have been Dr., afterwards Sir Charles 131ugden ; and it is a remarkable circumstance, that this passage of Mr. Cavendish's paper appears...

...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,...whole of the two airs could be converted into water."* This passage is in Mr. Cavendish's paper; but it is not in his own hand-writing, nor is it in the paper...

...that dephlogislicated air is only water deprived of its phlogiston : but at that time so far was M. Lavoisier from thinking any such opinion warranted,...whole of the two airs could be converted into water."* This passage is in Mr. Cavendish's paper ; but it is not in his own handwriting, nor is it in the paper...

...experiment in England ; and he does not mention that he, M. Lavoisier, did not believe it possible that nearly the whole of the two airs could be converted into water. This omission of M. Lavoisier is quite unworthy of him. Sir C. Blagden's statement was published in...

...them, that dephlogisticated air is only water deprived of phlogiston ; but at that time so far was M. Lavoisier from thinking any such opinion warranted, that, till he was prevailed [135] upon to repeat the experiment himself, he found some difficulty in believing that nearly the...

...them, that dephlogisticated air is only water deprived of phlogiston ; but at that time so far was M. Lavoisier from thinking any such opinion warranted...in believing that nearly the whole of the two airs should be converted into water.''t It has been objected to this passage that it was an interpolation,...