Medical Extracts: On the Nature of Health, with Practical Observations and the Laws of the Nervous and Fibrous Systems by a Friend to Improvements, Volume 11796 |
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... almost all the wide extent of its influence . He was " well aware of the cause of the increase of weight in " metallic calces ; and diftinétly afferted , that certain bafes are rendered acid by the acceffion of the vital " air , or what ...
... almost all the wide extent of its influence . He was " well aware of the cause of the increase of weight in " metallic calces ; and diftinétly afferted , that certain bafes are rendered acid by the acceffion of the vital " air , or what ...
Page lvii
... almost univer → fal production ? But it may be asked , why is not this air to be found in the atmo- fphere ? The folution is given us by this admirable philofopher himself . " This union of CARBON and OXYGEN in the ftate of air ...
... almost univer → fal production ? But it may be asked , why is not this air to be found in the atmo- fphere ? The folution is given us by this admirable philofopher himself . " This union of CARBON and OXYGEN in the ftate of air ...
Page cxvii
... almost all fubftances are fufceptible of affuming fucceffively , and which folely depend upon the degree of temperature to which they are expofed ; or upon the degree of caloric with which they are penetrated ; yet as this opinion is ...
... almost all fubftances are fufceptible of affuming fucceffively , and which folely depend upon the degree of temperature to which they are expofed ; or upon the degree of caloric with which they are penetrated ; yet as this opinion is ...
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abſorb æther affume alfo almoſt alſo AMMONIAC animal ARTERIES atmoſpheric air attraction AZOTIC AIR BEDDOES blood bodies cafe calcination calomel caloric calx CARBONIC ACID cauſe charcoal chemical chemifts chemiſtry cloſe colour combuftion common air compofed compofition confequence confiderable decompofition difcovered diminiſhed diſcovery diſeaſe elaſtic eſtabliſhed exiſtence experiments fame fays feems feparated fhall fhew fhould firft firſt FIXED AIR fluid fome foon ftate ftomach fubftances fubject fuch fufficient fulphur fyftem glaſs heat himſelf Hofpital HOLWELL hydrogen increaſed inflammable inflammable air itſelf jalap laſt lefs lungs mephitic mercury metallic moſt muſt nitrous acid obferved occafion oxyd OXYGEN AIR paffed particles perfons phænomena philofopher PHLOGISTON PHOSPHORUS phyſician preſent PRIESTLEY principle proceſs purpoſe putrefaction putrid fever quantity refpiration reſpect right auricle ſcience SECT ſmall ſome ſtate ſtill ſtrong ſubſtance thefe themſelves theſe THORNTON thoſe tion tube uſe vapour veffel VITAL AIR weight whofe yellow fever