TABLE OF SIMPLE SUBSTANCES.
Simple substances belonging to all the kingdoms of nature, which may be considered as the elements of bodies.
| New Names. | Correspondent old Names. |
| Light | Light. |
| Caloric | {Heat. |
| {Principle or element of heat. | |
| {Fire. Igneous fluid. | |
| {Matter of fire and of heat. | |
| Oxygen | {Dephlogisticated air. |
| {Empyreal air. | |
| {Vital air, or | |
| {Base of vital air. | |
| Azote | {Phlogisticated air or gas. |
| {Mephitis, or its base. | |
| Hydrogen | {Inflammable air or gas, |
| {or the base of inflammable air. |