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On The 1st Of August, 1774, I Endeavoured To Extract Air From Mercurius Calcinates Per Se [mercury Oxide]; And I Presently Found That, By Means Of This Lens, Air Was Expelled From It Very Readily. … I Admitted Water To It [the Extracted Air], And Found That It Was Not Imbibed By It. But What Surprized Me More Than I Can Well Express, Was, That A Candle Burned In This Air With A Remarkably Vigorous Flame… I Was Utterly At A Loss How To Account For It.
-J. B. Priestley
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On The 1st Of August, 1774, I

J. B. Priestley
On The 1st Of August, 1774, I Endeavoured To Extract Air From Mercurius Calcinates Per Se [mercury Oxide]; And I Presently Found That, By Means Of This Lens, Air Was Expelled From It Very Readily. … I Admitted Water To It [the Extracted Air], And Found That It Was Not Imbibed By It. But What Surprized Me More Than I Can Well Express, Was, That A Candle Burned In This Air With A Remarkably Vigorous Flame… I Was Utterly At A Loss How To Account For It.
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