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Experiments on Air by Henry Cavendish

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Cavendish's 1785 original paper on phlogiston and air. Fascinating reading.

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air
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electric spark, fixed air, lime-water, marine acid, nitre, nitrous acid, phlogisticated air, phlogiston, quicksilver, retort, soap-lees, tube, vitriolic acid, volatile alkali, henry cavendish, conductor
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