But perhaps we may also infer from these experiments that though pure dephlogisticated air might be very useful as a medicine, it might not be so proper for us in the usual healthy state of the body: for as a candle burns out much faster in dephlogisticated... The Life of Joseph Priestley - Page 57by John Corry - 1804Full view - About this book
| Edmund Goodwyn - Asphyxia - 1788 - 448 pages
...the writings of Dr. Prieftley, are contained in the following paragraph. " From the greater ftrength and vivacity of the " flame of a candle, in this pure...may be "• conjectured, that it might be peculiarly falutary " to the lungs in certain morbid cafes, when the " common air would not be fufficient to carry... | |
| Joseph Priestley - Air - 1790 - 494 pages
...been abundantly verified by the experiments of Mr. Lavoifier and others. Y From the greater ftrength and vivacity of the flame of a candle, in this pure...it may be conjectured, that it might be peculiarly falutary to the lungs in certain morbid cafes, when the common -air -would not be fufficient to carry... | |
| John Corry - 1804 - 124 pages
...a room, in which much company should be confined, and which should be so situated that it could not be conveniently ventilated; so that from being offensive...when the common air would not be sufficient to carry off the phlogistic putrid effluvium fast enough. But, perhaps, we may also infer from these experiments,... | |
| William Stirling - Physiologists - 1902 - 210 pages
...many assemblies, and a very little ingenuity would be sufficient to reduce the scheme intopractice. "From the great strength and vivacity of the flame...when the common air would not be sufficient to carry off the phlogistic putrid effluvium fast enough. But, perhaps, we may also infer from these experiments... | |
| Thomas Edward Thorpe - Chemists - 1906 - 252 pages
...air instead of common air. . . . Possibly platina might be melted by means of it. " From the greater strength and vivacity of the flame of a candle, in...peculiarly salutary to the lungs in certain morbid cases. . . . But perhaps we may also infer from these experiments that though pure dephlogisticated air might... | |
| Forris Jewett Moore - Chemistry - 1918 - 364 pages
...the reaction strongly. Concerning its physiological action he writes as follows: "From the greater strength and vivacity of the flame of a candle, in...when the common air would not be sufficient to carry off the phlogistic putrid effluvium fast enough (see page 29). But, perhaps, we may also infer from... | |
| Forris Jewett Moore - Chemistry - 1918 - 358 pages
...reaction strongly. Concerning its physiological action he writes as follows: • "From the greater strength and vivacity of the flame of a candle, in...salutary to the lungs in certain morbid cases, when the commoir"air would not be sufficient to carry off the phlogistic putrid effluvium fast enough (see page... | |
| Arie Jan Haagen-Smit - Air - 1971 - 34 pages
...two mice and myself have had this pleasure, privilege of breathing it. It may be peculiarly salutory to the lungs in certain morbid cases when the common air would not be sufficient to carry off the phlogistic putrid effluvium fast enough." "" These remarks were undoubtedly inspired by the... | |
| Albert Truman Schwartz, John G. McEvoy - 1990 - 308 pages
...occasional naivete that his comments on dephlogisticated air are worth repeating: From the greater strength and vivacity of the flame of a candle, in...when the common air would not be sufficient to carry off the phlogistic putrid effluvium fast enough. But, perhaps, we may also infer from these experiments,... | |
| Frances Ashcroft - Science - 2002 - 354 pages
...unwholesome, it would almost instantly become sweet and wholesome.' He also conjectured that oxygen might be 'peculiarly salutary to the lungs in certain...cases when the common air would not be sufficient'. Early scientists often experimented on themselves and Priestley was no exception. He found that breathing... | |
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