Experiments on the Transmission of the Vapour of Acids through an Hot Earthen Tube, and

Further Observations Relating to Phlogiston. By the Rev. Joseph Priestley, L L. D. F. R. S.

Author(s): Joseph Priestley
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Source: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 79 (1789), pp. 289-299
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s89

XXIII. Experiments
on zbelRranJ^nif
onof zbeVapourof Scids
throvg;D
an ho earzbenCzgbe,andftgrther
ObJerqJations
relating
toPhlogiJ?on.By he Rev. JofephPrieIlley,LL.D. F R. St

ReadJuly 2, x789.
N my late experimetlts
on the phlogiJ?ication
ofJ9iritoJrnzZra
by heatit appeared,that wher]pureair was expelledfrom
what is called dephlogifl:icated
fpirit of liere, the remaotlder
was left phlogifticated.This I findabutldalltly
coIafirlned
by
repeatingthe experimentsin a differentmanner atadOI1 a
largerfcale; andI haveappliedthe fameprocefsto otheracids
alldliquorsof a differellt
kind. lFromtheCeit will appear,that
oil of vitriol and fpiritof nitre, in theirmoRdephlogiRicated
ftatet confiRof a properfaturationof the acids with phlogiRotl, fo that whatwe havecalledthephlo,iJ?icvzion
of them,
ought ratherto have beencalledtheirJaper-phlog#cdtion.
I l)eganwith treating a quatltity of oil of vitriol as I had
donethe fpiritof nitre, viz. expofingit to heatill a glafs tule,
hermeticallyNealed,and llearIvexllauRed;alld the refult was
f1tnilarto tllat of the experimentwitll the nitrousacid, with
refpeEto the expultionof airfromit, though the phlogi{ticatioil not appearitlg
by atly cllange of colo?rsI did not ill this
metllodafcertainthat circum0anceXThe particularssvere-as
follol7vs.
After tlle acid had been made to boil fome time, a denfe
white vapourappeared
ill- quick tBOtiOIl At a diRallceabovevlne
acid:,
I

PRIESTLEY'S
EDncperitnents
acid, alldthough,oll withdravvillg
tnefire, thatvapourdifappeared,it iItalltly re-appeared
on renewingtlle heat. \7Vhetl
tlle tul)essTas
cool, I opetledit ut dersvater, aald a quantity of
air rulhedoutXthough the acidhad beenmadeto botl viow
lently
wtlile
it was
clofitlg,fo thattherecouldnot havebeen
rnuchairitl the tulze. This air, svllichmuIRthereforehave
l)eellgeneratedill the tlslbeX
wasa littlesvorfetllatucommo
airXlDeitlg
of tile Ilalldard
of 1.Is when the latterras I.04.
I repeated
t}<eexperitnetit
ftvberal
times, and aluzayswith the
famerefult.
That thisairthouldlue worfe thall commonair, I CAllllOt
well explain. Butialmy formerexperiments
it appeared
that
witriolic
acidairinjurescommonair; alldthat ill proportion
as
pureairis expelledfromthisacid,theremaitlder
becomes
phlogiRicated,or chargedwith vitriolicacid air, clearlyappeared
itl the followitlgexperimellt.
Makinga quatltityof oil of vitriolboilin a ,lafs retort,alld
makingthe vapourpaSsthrougha red-hoteartherl
tube,glazed
inf1deandout, atldfilledwith piecesof broketltubes,I colX
leEtedthe liquorthat diftilledover,and foundit to be the
fametEsitlg
with waterimpregnated
withvitriolicacidair. The
fmellof it vvasexceedingly
pungent,andit was evident,thal:
moreof tllis airhad-efcapedthan could be retainedby that
.qualltity
of srater. The oil of ritr-iol
uSedin thisprocefswas
Ioz.gdw. ISgr. and the liquorcolleEtedwas 6dw. I2gr.
WheluI colledced
the air thal:was pro(luced
in this marlners
wtlichI didllotdo at thistime, it appeared
to be veSrpure,
aboutthe Ralldard
of o.3 withtwo equalmeafuresof 1litrous
29o

Dr.

alr.

At anc)-ther
titnes
expendingx oz. II dw. 18 gr. of oil of
vitriol of the fptc'ficgravityof I856 (that of waterbeing
-I000)

>

ontheVapaur
oJAcidst

t9I

lezoo),I colleEtee3
19dw. 6gr. of the volatileacid,of the
fpecificgravityof 340 atld130 os. meafures
of dephlogilli
catedatr-of thepureItkitld viz. of the Ratadard
of o.I 5.
It is eafyin this mallllerto colleA a greatqualltityof dephlogi{ticated
air; lzutthe principal
objeAiols
to the procefs
is,
thatafterufinga fewtitnessthe eartilelltubesbecotneteIlder,
and too eafilybreak efpeciallyin heatingor coolitlg. It is
alSodifiicultto lute the retortcontaillingtlle acid aIldt}e
earthentube. The airproduced
in tllis manneris filledwith
thedenfeRw}aitecloudimagilaable.
Going throughthe falmeprocefswith fpiritof nitre,the
refultwasin all refpedsfornilar,
but muchmoreIEriking,
the
produEioll
of bothdephlogifticatecl
air and phlogifl:icated
acid
vapourbeingprodigiou{ly
quicker,and moreabundant.Expending5 oz. 8 dw. 6gr. of fpiritof llitre,I colleAed600 OZ.
meafilres
of verypuredephlogiRicated
air, beingof the Ralldardof 0.2. I alfo colleEedI 0z 7 dw. t4gr. of a greetlii
acidof 1litre7whichemittedcopiousredfumes. All theapparatusbeyotld
the hot tubewasElledwitllthedelafeR
redvapourw
andthesvater
of thetroughitl whichthe airwasreceivedsras
fo muchill-pregnated
Wittl it, thatthe fmellwas vsery firoIng;
and il: fpontalueoufly
yielded1litrousair feveraldays,juI}as
raterdoeswllenilnpregnated
with nitrousvapour. PerceivZ
ing the emiffiloll
of airfromthe water,afterit had ftoodfome
t;ne, I Elleda jar containillg30 oz. meafureswith it, and
svitlaout
allyheatit yicldedtsvooz. meafuresof tlle firotage{t
nltrousatr.
Takiglgthe fpecificgravityof the acidt)eforeaIadafterthis
diRillatiollthe formerwas to the latteras J47I to II82
Whellthe ^reightof theairproducedin thisexperilnetltX
alldtllatof the liquordi{lilledsis conlpared
s^tith
thatof the acid
7
beforb
*

M93
Dr. PRIFSTI
E?S Encteriments
beforediRillatiotl,
it will appear,that there mtlll havebeen
a greatlofs of acidvapotlr,wElichwas eitherretained
ill the
snrater
of thetrougll or eScaped
throughit.
I do laotfeethattlzefeexperimellts
canl)e explained,buton
thefuloSpofitioll
thattlatmoRdephlogiRicat-ecl
til of vitriolaald
fpiritof nitleare, in a proper
fenfe,Iaturated
withphlogiRon;
atldt:hatvvlletl part of the acidifvilag
pritlciple
expelledin
the fc)rmof tEleair, the relnaillder
is filperfaturated
withit
To try *hetEzer
the acid,thus fuperfaturated
zvithphlo
g;0(ll, wtascollvelt:ible
itltO pureair by this procefs,
I heated
tlle liquorcolledcdafterthe diRillation
of the oil of vitriol,
thatiss waterimpregtlated
svith vitriolicacid airl atldmade
tlle vapour
parsthroughthe hc)tttlbe,but lwoaircatnefroln
it; alldstrhell
colleEted
a fecondtime, it wasnotat all diffieretlt
frotnwhatit hadbeellbefore. The fpecificgravitywas alfo
the fame.
lt is evident,thowever,
thoughthisprocefs-does
tot {hewit,
thatthe volatilevitriolicacid coIltainsthe properelemerltof
dephlogiRicated
air; fillcebymeltlngironin vitriolic acidair,
a quantityof fixedair(whichis compofed
of inflammable
and
dephlogifticated
air)is produced.lVIelting
rirotl
in 9<}z.-meafuresof vitriolicacidair, it was reducedto O 3 oz. meafures,
andof tllis 0.17 oz. meairures
was fixedair. 1 repeatedthe
experiments^Tith
the famerefult,alldputtingthe refiduums
togetherfoundtheairto beinflammable,
Butthe refultwasfomethirlg
differelbt
whetlI fentthrough
the hottubethe liquorthatI hadcolleAedin theprocefs
svith
fpiritof nitre No air, however,was produced
at the firIt,
.llOthillg appearitzg befides
aredvapour
thatwaswholelyabSorbed
!sy water,or efcapedthroughit into the arlnefphere;
lDut
towardstheetldof the procefsI colleEtedIO QZ. meafures o;:
deph]o
iJ

onzhoMapour
of Acid30
29
deplllogifticated
air. The qualltityof tile liquor expetwec
was alout z ozgmeafures.It lllay, however,be prefutneds
that this ftnallquantityof air came fiotn fomeof tlleacid
whichefcapedthe &iOtl of the fireill the formerprocefsXTvdeedits comingat the1a1}
otilymaybeconfldered
as a proofof
tllis as all the more volatileacid,which catneover firI}>
yieldedno air.

I futlzitteda quallt;tyofffzriZof J*vltto both tlatSepro

cefles viz. expofitlgit to a boiling heat in glaEstubes, lzerxneticallyfealedsalld making the vapourpafs througha red
llot earthentubeXl)ut1a0airv^7as
produced
in eithercafee Ill the
formercaSe9the vater ruIl<edinto alldcompletelyfilled, the
tube, whell it was openedullderwater, andin the otherpro-

cefsthe liquordiRilledsras preciCely

of the famefpecificgravity, aIld, no dout)t,itl all otherrefpeAs,the fameas before
dillillation;butithe acid tElatremainedill the retortsvasof
lefs fpecificgravity,itl confequence
of the acidvapourbeing
expeliedby the heatitl theforxnof marineacid air, ^rhich
appeared
notto be afEeAed
by a redheat.Thougll,in theprocefswith fpiritof falt, tlle refultbe dif
ferelltfromthatof thoSessithoil of vitriolaridfpiritof llitre,
yet thereis an allalogyamorlgall thefethree acidzin this
refpe&,viz. that the marineand both tlle volatileacidsof
vitrioland 1litreare madeby impregtlating
nt;ater
svith the
acidvapour,fo that in its ufualRateit mslybe faidto I)ephlogiRicated
as well as thefe.
Tt wasevidentthatthe waterin the wortn-tubsvas tnucI
moreheatedby tlle di{lillation
of the fpiritof fa1ttREl by that
of theoilof vitriol,alldefpecially
thatc)fthe fpir;tof nitle; ro
thatxnuchof the heatby srhichit- hadbectlraifedirl vapour
muR ill tlle lattercafe havebeetllatent ial the air tllat tas
vOL. LXXIX.
U lt
fornaedS

Ex.ter4>lents
Dr. I>IES'rLEYsS
y94
to
in theothercaf-Cit 5vaS coIntnEtllicated
formed;whereasX
tlaezvaterill the worm-tub.
o1leof the proseieswitll boilingfpiritof faltXitza glafs
I1w
fealed I hadthe falnewthitevapourdanchermetically
tulgeX
with tlle
tzg in the rniddleof tlaetul)eas itl tlleexperimellt
wilof sitliol; IJUt thistubebterRalld I Ilevernad the fame
feveral
appe.latlceagslill,tllollgllI repeatedthe experiment
titnesforthe fakeof it.
marineacid, which M.
The vapourof deplllogiRicated
and with whichwatermay beinz33Ea-otLEt diScovered
as with fixedair, beingtnadeto pafstllroughthe
pregtzated
airasin the followlAoteartherltube,becatnedephlogiflcicated
sllg exI)erlment.

tiavingpoureda quantityof fpiritof faltuponfome manexperiin a glaSsretort,I heatedit as in the preceding

g;alleSe
bothfor rectivingthe diItilled
nzentswith a properaloparatus
fevententhsof theair wasfixed
andthe air. I foutad
The qualzverypuredephlogifticated.
air, arldthe remainder
tity I couldnotmeafureoll accountof olleof thejunAuresin
givingsvay; but I Elollot-imaginethatquitefo
the apparatus
mllchpureaircouldbegot in this methodas frornthe manga
eNeitSelfill a direthproceSs.TIle liquorreceivedin this difhad
firollgfpiritof faltin whichmanganefe
til]ationrefembled
put.
13eell
iquor7

thatixlwhichthe glafs
fucceeding
immediately
procefs
t:lnhis
tube,joiningtheearthentubeandvormitub,was left full of
of thealkalineliquor(which
blackmatterby the diIlillation
vallifhed,
prefently
the blacknefs
will be mentionedhereafter),
as before. 011thisaccounts
and the tube becametranfparetlt

lefspureairthanI
thatI mightreceive
it is poffilble
hosveverX
havedoneJ
otherwife
Jhotlld
3:1iRilled

oB

ttgSpdar

25s

He/gfio

^,

tWow
to tlaisprocefsyielded(l1t4
{;lI)mitted
vitwegat
:t3iRillcd
t ex
tlwirdsof ^rhichwas fixedair atldthe reRit+flattltuable
O;
I got x oz. Xg dssri
2 OZ. I 9 dw.O gr. of the a.cids
pellding
ftnellthanit hadbefore
a morepullgerlt
of a liquorwhicil11ad
diflcillatiotlIt lladalfofomeblaclimatterin irgatld fvtneof
at tlle bottomof the retortwhenthe liquor
the fameremaiLacd
to drynefs. Tlle ait I receivedwas 9s ozb
vas evaporated
mesafulFes.
air

Alkalitle

is

ifito

cOlivertedl

air

illflainmable

this

ill

procefs

fpark, but l)y tlo means,I thltlkXiw

as svellas by tlle el>C4ric
fo great a degree. I put 2 0'. 10 dvvi o gr. of water preEty
IlroIaglyitr.pregnated^rith alkalitleair illto tlle retortSaIlCi
henting

it

ledced

z oz.

was

finell,

opaque

quite

botrom

of

alod vapour

o gr.

3 dw.

etupyteumatic

vefel.

Alfo

had

lJeen

conveyed

One

of

havitlg

beetl air-tightR
at tlle begintlitly

which

llad

a difagreeable

Slack mtter,

the

above.

tube

liquorf

of

the

the

tube

was

left

a volatile

alkali,

which

fubfided

through

shich

quite

black,

of

junEtures

air7

AIld before

thc procefs,

and

but
the

it

to tlae
air

the

as rnen
not

apparatus

the

all the

I did not colled

of

I coi

svlletl

the hot

as srrell as tEzat of

with

tioned

only

tlarough

the vapour

fent

it came
tube

be-

cameblack,or allyliquorwasdiRilled,alldit wasallflrongly

inflammable.

kttldfrom
of a different
I thallnowrecitea fexvexperiLnetlts
thote
relatillg

that

have

to the doftrine

It is faidS by
gi[5col<:

been

mentioned
of

thofe W-10

abovef

alld more

itntnediately

phLogiRon.
do llot

adMit

th$ doRrine

of

phla-

which, havinga
tlaatthe metalsaref<nplefubRances,

ait, iml)ibeit wlletl they be

to dephiogi{licated
filo]E;affillwits
cotnecalces witllc)utpartiwgssith ally tllillg. 13utthat fome
with ill the calcitlation(as tlacywill call
thing is reallypil}:ted
it)
Uus

296
Dr. )KIES'RLEY'S Experiments
it) of iron ill dephlogiIticated
air, appearsto mv to be very
evidetlt,as well as in the procefswith Ream.
That fixedairis foutldill the veSelill which iron is tnelted
iludephlogiRicated
air, I obSerared
before; but I Ilever took
mtlctl careto aCcertain
the quantityof it. This I have lately
clonein manyillItslllces,andin all of them fil,d it to be mllcl:l
moreconfiderable
thallcanbe accountedfor, by fuppofingit to
comefiZomplulrlbago
in the veryEmallquantityof irollthat I
melted;fo thatit muItlleceIfarily
havebeeIlformedbythe phlo2,ifiOIl fiotnthe iron, andthe pureairin the veXel, at the fame
time tllat the irolllDecame
fillerycindelby izlbibingw^ater
from
the air; andI hav-ethewn, that by far the greateItpartof tlle
svoiglatof tllis airis water. tl>heexperimeIlts
were madewith
a very good-burninglells, of fixteen inches diameter,with
svElicllA4r.PAREERtas generouflyfurIlifledme; and by
1l1eSI1S
of it I
I10W
makethefe exper;tnents,
whicllrequirea
gleat degreeof heat, svitllmuch nore eafeaIld certailatythan
t:coulddo lesote
catl

In 6-Xoz. mearures
of cleplilogiRicated
airI meltedturnings
till thereretnai1zed
olalyI
meafure,and
of tilis
meafure
svashxedair. Ill 6 oz. meafuresof
EleplllogiRicated
airXof tl<eRalldard
of o.2 I meltedirontill
it was redvlce(]
to tvo-thirdsof an ounceetneafire,
of which
one-ElalE
was fixetlair, a<d the relliainder
completelyphlogifiicated. AgaiIl,I meltediron in 72 oz meafuresof depillogi{ticated of the famepuritywiththatill thelaSexperimentjwhenit wasredilcedto I
meafure,andof this
of

malleal)le

3 OZ.

iron

3 7

0zv

airX

3I 0''z,@

four-fifthssvasfixedair, alld the remainderphlogiR;cated.In

SlliS cafeI carefullysveighedtiaefinerycinderthat
formed
ill the procefs,alldfouI<d
it to be nille grrlilasX
fczthat the iron
tI:atha(lbeerlmelted(beil-lgabouttwothlrds of tlais weigllt)
ha6l
gtaS

onthfeVapot oJC
Acirls.
had been

about

Ex grains.

I repeated

S 97

tl-we experiawetst

Witil

the fame refult.

When

tlle dephlogi{licated

of fixed air vill

melted

always

iron in Seven

the arldard

of o.6S,

air is molXe imptlare, fille quarltity

be leSs in proportiotl.

outlce mearuresof

Thtlsv

dephlogiflicated

it was reduced to .h

ilon;

ltut

more thatl can come from

as the

aCcribed to tllis

produEtion

plum!ago,

of this

air of

aIldof

oz. m..;

only otle-thilzd of an outlce meafi1re was fixed air.

ever, is much

laviIg

TI-lisX how

the plumbago

in the

fixed air is by

it may be wortll

this

whlle

malzy

to thew by

computation
that it is impoIElble
t;hatit thouldhave
ECoththe qu>.Xatity
of plumbagoin irota (ltjdtheX QURiltity Of
Exedairin plumbago,aremuchtoo fmallfort6le putpofe.
From half an ounceof the pureRplumbago,I filRgotXill a
tlAis

coated glaEs retort,

tllree;oulace
ble;

then

hours
mX

meafures
ptlttialg

ssrelaefiXed airS tXle

it itltO atl eatithen

arsd of this alfo only threc

inflammable,

of ail^ of unich

OUtRCC-lYlCarUrtS

in as great a heat as I could

more;

of fuppofiltzg the

svas expelled

from

tlle

cilly

.tC0L l)CWli>agit8flalNma-

ulve

3[ Lept

it

ful.ne

ploduce,

(-tld >-)Ot 72

XVet^d

fi5acds
+.tld the

atad the laA pcJrticutl vxras vollv-

But inllead
whicll

I3

olipMill.

reR

foX

fixecl air tI-at T got

plulnSlo,o

OZJs

Xtl tR'ld

to be that

iieozS I svill

eventhe wlaole of^ Xlis ptum'>zgo aXxU;-dedo1llv

otleof theelementsof the fixedair?tv;z piJlt3gizlnjllg
or that
whichthe FrellchcllemiRscall a^boieS .-5tld
rIlatvlasprici
ple, by its unionwith the dophlcp,iJfliatd
ar itl tile veflelX
:forms
the fised
yet on thismoRutlfavourable
atlditnproe
lJai3le
ftlppoEltion
thequalltit-y
will 1)efoutldto le iIlitlf-Fcient
If IOO gr of irorlCC)tlttlilla acct2t^di:tg
to
}3ERGNTANg
fulppo{e tllat

airX

*VAt

O. I 2

gr. of

plumbago?

7 gr.

\ Evhich

iRi

tl

ioLzlr3R
ti-lat
ill (Itly

6>fthe prececling proceI3ts I co1lvel^t<(1 illt;o Sitlfl"v cn*ltr)

4,

would
tolatai.t3.

PR IES r L$Y9S Espermenfis

JU)r.
ollly o.ooSAgr. of plumlago; andif we fsppofevvlth
ct,tlloaita
cubicillchesof fixedair conu
tll?t all llutadred
J9lr.KtItsisraNS
tlle fiXedail producedin one o
tclitlS 8. I 4.ts,rof telllogtfiolzs
pl-oces (viz. fourfiftlls of an ounce
tlele a130Ve-r-eRt-iotled
cotltaill.O32gr of phiogillog whichis above
srcould
lwlenIsIe)
tllreetSuestmorethtltltlle plulnl)ngoill the ironcouldfurni
st is nvidellt,tllerefole,t11at tlle qualatity of fixedairthatI
from the iro
tnuR l-lavebeetl formedby plllogii[toLl
t^oulael
air iLl the vcffcl.
ulfitillbwitll tlle dephlogiAicated
llave infelred,from burlwitlgcharcoalof copperi
iIt; ^ls:I
alr (ficeFxperimeltXVol. VI. p. 27Z.) fixed
dephlogiRicateci

a <>>g

66lir

pl-llogifl:oll,

cotltaill

o.2l

of fixed

quantity

the ftnall

be cotnpared

I)y heat,

ssTIlelu heated

is pl-oduced

it laas acqtlilSed

tllat

atlacidv From

hicla

cxcept

guIt

I threw
Pruttii<

.da;d of o.s.,

UpOll itj
infer,

tElat the fulfiatlce

of the

lIl a weel
till all tlle

of

that

which

of

nature

fotne

len$

hypo-

former

the

by

faid

a bulmilog

.vith

airs

fixed

air

dephlogiRicated
was

^rith iron.

proceIs

letas upon

2 dw.

air,

difcharged.

it

from

been
the

of

colwtains

fltnilar

burtaillg

colour

is

blue

of the dephlogifticated

for mucll

as ill the pxecedillg

be

of iron fuper-

late it has

that

folnethitlg

arl acid;

tl-le fectls
b'ut

of

thougll

airs I Ihould

is 1lo tloubt

dilblppearsX

a calx

z1y experiments

izl dephlogiflicated
tlaefis is tlue

to be

pEllogi{lonv

witil

fatllrated

air.

faid

may

quantity

greater

in elephlogiRicated

is geIaerally

blue

PlIllctll

is

doEtrille

be expelled

may

that
much

the

svitll

svbich

UpOIl Pru{llatl

I made

ailX

mea-

Mr. KIR\0rAN.

of

svlaich

frosll at1 expevrirnellt

drawll

phlogiIlon,,

of

of

Xb5

atl oullce

of

four-fiftlls
gr.

arld

ailo

the atltipillogiRic

agailllt

algumellt

Anothel

-fotne

tllat

lalore thall 011 the fuppo&tion

rnucll

if

deplllogiRicated

it rvill be fotlled,

fixed air svill

l^ure of

of

parts

COtlll2-S 6)f 3.45

of

5 gr.

of

the

Ilan-

Beillg

thels

s^7eighed,

ontheV4pourof Acids.

jgg

xteighedsit was I dw. zgr. It1 this procefs7+ oz. of fised

of
of the air vatcls
airlladbeellproducedatadhat rerrained
powderto wvlaich
the lzlc)Ni7tl
of og4. E-Ieatilag
the Randard
bluesvasXedueediL) thiS CXpCrit.ntllt in t)flaturna
the Pruffi1an
ble air, it iml3ibedSt- c)z. m. of itg allcl becatneof a blaclv
by tile ma.gletSnor svc.s
colour; but it was neither attl<<.tRecil
it folublein oil of vitriol and water, as I i<ndexpefl;edit
wouldhavebeen.
airgof tEle
blue in dephlogiRicated
Again, I heate(lPruffilan
increaiPof
Ralldardof o.s, without producingatly fen-Ell)le
of it to l)e fxed
meaEures
its l)ulk, whet] I foutldthreeounWe

of
air, and the llandardof the refiduum,svithtwo meaSures
hadloR elevellgralns9
nitrousair, was I.3^5. The fubIlatace
water.
partof whichsrasevidently
thegreateflc
blvleuOuld
whatquantityof fixedairPtufliiatl
To determine
yieldby mereheat, I put half anounceof it into an eartherl
tubesand got fromit 56 oz. m. of air)of xvhicll160z. xnO
1tlthe firRpor
of-oIleZtlwird
werefixedairXill the ploportiotl
was it<flatn
the laR. The remainder
tiOll, andotle-fourth-ils
vith
20 gr. of a blackpOsvela
mable. Thereremained5 dv^r.
a

the furface)browl
verylittle of it (probal)ly

it will appear,thatthe fixecR

thefeexperiments,
Comparing
air
blueallddeptlogiRicated
by tneansof Prufl;atl
airprocured
xnuRhavel)eenformedby phlogifronfromthe Pruillanblue
air in the veSel for if 240 gr. of
and the dephlogiRicated
of fixedair, terlgrais Qf
vield16 oz. meafures
this fubRance
wouldhave
it (whichis morethanwasufeditl the experimellt)
tlae
to accountfolX
yieldedotllyo*6oz. mv Nor is it polElbte
of fe muchdephlogiIticated butUpOtl tlle filp
difappearing
ill foltnilogthisfixedairO
pofitionof its beingelnployed
airS