A dissertation on elective attractions / by Torbern Bergmann ; translated from the Latin by the translator of Spallanzani's dissertations.

  • Bergman, Torbern, 1735-1784. Disquisitio de attractionibus electivis. English
Date:
1785
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Credit: A dissertation on elective attractions / by Torbern Bergmann ; translated from the Latin by the translator of Spallanzani's dissertations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    part, m confequence of fome change not yet certainly known, perhaps pro- ceeding from the addition or fubtrac- tion of phlogifton, and may therefore be called corrupted air. That which in England is called dephloglfiicated, and which I have formerly termed un- combined, good or pure, but now think with the hiftorian of the Parilian Aca- demy, that it lliould be diftinguilhed by the appellation of vital; this, I fay, differs widely from the preceding, be- ing not only fit, but. indifpenfably ne- ceflary for fire and refpiration, every other air being mephitic. The aerial acid forms the fmallefl part of the at- mofphere, fcarce ever amounting to one-fixteenth. B.] Vital air is found but fparingly mixed with the atmofphere, amounting fcarce to one-fourth of its bulk, feldom or never exceeding one-third, as I have juft intimated. It may, however, be N 4 obtained
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