Fundamental state of matter in which constituent particles are widely separated with weak intermolecular bonds

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A lecture on pneumatics at the Royal Institution, London. Coloured etching by J. Gillray, 1802.

Chart of war gases / issued by the Ministry of Home Security.

Chemistry: a piece of steel wire burning in oxygen inside a glass jar. Mezzotint, 1809.

Chemistry: two versions of Woulfe's apparatus for washing gases. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1803.

Memoria sobre una nueva y metodica clasificacion de los fluidos elasticos permanentes y gaseosos de Juan Manuel de Arejula (1755-1830) / introduccion, transcripcion y notas por J. L. Carrillo y R. Gago.

Chemistry: equipment for measuring the volume of gases. Engraving by A. Bell.

A sense of commitment / British Gas.

Van Helmont e o conceito de gás : química e medicina no século XVII / Paulo Alves Porto.

Expériences qui prouvent démonstrativement que le vinaigre de vin neutralise le méphitisme qui s'exhale de toutes les matieres en putréfaction / Par m. Janin de Combe Blanche.

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Gases

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Memoria sobre una nueva y metodica clasificacion de los fluidos elasticos permanentes y gaseosos de Juan Manuel de Arejula (1755-1830) / introduccion, transcripcion y notas por J. L. Carrillo y R. Gago.

Chemistry: equipment for measuring the volume of gases. Engraving by A. Bell.

A sense of commitment / British Gas.

Van Helmont e o conceito de gás : química e medicina no século XVII / Paulo Alves Porto.

Expériences qui prouvent démonstrativement que le vinaigre de vin neutralise le méphitisme qui s'exhale de toutes les matieres en putréfaction / Par m. Janin de Combe Blanche.

Gases

Images from the collections

Images referencing Gases

Works from the collections

Memoria sobre una nueva y metodica clasificacion de los fluidos elasticos permanentes y gaseosos de Juan Manuel de Arejula (1755-1830) / introduccion, transcripcion y notas por J. L. Carrillo y R. Gago.

Chemistry: equipment for measuring the volume of gases. Engraving by A. Bell.

A sense of commitment / British Gas.

Van Helmont e o conceito de gás : química e medicina no século XVII / Paulo Alves Porto.

Expériences qui prouvent démonstrativement que le vinaigre de vin neutralise le méphitisme qui s'exhale de toutes les matieres en putréfaction / Par m. Janin de Combe Blanche.

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