Researches Chemical and Philosophical; Chiefly concerning nitrous oxide / or dephlogisticated nitrous air and its respiration

by Sir Humphry Davy

[55] Addit. Obs. pag. 74.

[56] Additional Observations, page 70.

[57] Elements, pag. 103, Kerr’s Translation.

[58] Mem. Acad. 1787.

[59] As well as oxygene and nitrogene, Mr. Watt’s experiments prove that much phlogisticated nitrous acid is produced.

[60] Journal de Physique, 1786. Tom. 2, pag. 176.

[61] Though the tube had never been used, and was apparently clean and dry on the inside, it must have contained something in the form of dust, capable of furnishing either hydrocarbonate, or charcoal.

[62] Journal de Physique, 1786, t. 2, 177.

[63] Phil. Trans. vol. 79, page 294.

[64] Vol. 2, page 398.