James WattDoubleday, Page, 1913 - 241 pages |
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Page 172
... phlogiston , deprived of part of their latent heat ; and that dephlogisticated , or pure air , is composed of water deprived of its phlogiston , and united to heat and light ; and if light be only a modification of heat , or a component ...
... phlogiston , deprived of part of their latent heat ; and that dephlogisticated , or pure air , is composed of water deprived of its phlogiston , and united to heat and light ; and if light be only a modification of heat , or a component ...
Page 173
Andrew Carnegie. then pure air consists of water deprived of its phlogiston and of latent heat ? It appears from the letter to Dr. Black of April 21st , that Mr. Watt had , on that day , written his letter to Dr. Priestley , to be read ...
Andrew Carnegie. then pure air consists of water deprived of its phlogiston and of latent heat ? It appears from the letter to Dr. Black of April 21st , that Mr. Watt had , on that day , written his letter to Dr. Priestley , to be read ...
Page 174
... phlogiston , and united to heat , which I grounded on the decomposition of air by inflammation with inflam- mable air , the residuum , or product of which , is only water and heat . Having , by experiments of his own , fully satisfied ...
... phlogiston , and united to heat , which I grounded on the decomposition of air by inflammation with inflam- mable air , the residuum , or product of which , is only water and heat . Having , by experiments of his own , fully satisfied ...
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