What I have related is sufficient for establishing the main principle, namely, that the heat which disappears in the conversion of water into vapour,….

Heat may be considered, either in respect of its quantity, or of its intensity. Thus two lbs. of water, equally heated, must contain double the quant….

Upon the whole, Chymistry is as yet but an opening science, closely connected with the usefull and ornamental arts, and worthy the attention of the l….

A nice adaptation of conditions will make almost any hypothesis agree with the phenomena. This will please the imagination but does not advance our k….