The elementary nature of chlorine : papers / by Humphry Davy.

  • Davy Humphry, Sir, 1778-1829.
Date:
1894
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    The Bakerian Lecture. On some of the Com- binations of Oxymuriatic Gas and Oxygene, and on the chemical Relations of these Principles, to inflammable Bodies.'^ Read November 15, 181 o. /. Introduction. IN the last communication which I had the honour of presenting to the Royal Society, I stated a number of facts, which inchned me to believe, that the body improperly called in the modern nomenclature of chemistry, oxymuriatic acid gas, has not as yet been decompounded; but that it is a peculiar substance, elementary as far as our knowledge extends, and analogous in many of its properties to oxygene gas. My objects in the present Lecture, are to detail a number of experiments which I have made for the purpose of illustrating more fully the nature, properties, and combinations of this substance, and its attractions for inflammable bodies, as compared with those of oxygene; and likewise to present some general views and conclu- sions concerning the chemical powers of different species of matter, and the proportions in which they enter into union. I have been almost constantly employed, since the last session of the Society, upon these researches, yet this time has not been sufficient to enable me to approach * [From Philosophical Transactions for 1811, vol. loi, pp. 1-3. I2-3S-]