Chapter 1

_Experiments and Observations made in, and before the Year 1772._ 23

Sect. I. _Of FIXED AIR_ 25

Sect. II. _Of AIR in which a CANDLE, or BRIMSTONE, has burned out_ 43

Sect. III. _Of INFLAMMABLE AIR_ 55

Sect. IV. _Of AIR infected with ANIMAL RESPIRATION, or PUTREFACTION_ 70

Sect. V. _Of AIR in which a mixture of BRIMSTONE and FILINGS of IRON has stood_ 105

Sect. VI. _Of NITROUS AIR_ 108

Sect. VII. _Of AIR infected with the FUMES of BURNING CHARCOAL_ 129

Sect. VIII. _Of the effect of the CALCINATION of METALS, and of the EFFLUVIA of PAINT made with WHITE-LEAD and OIL, on AIR_ 133

Sect. IX. _Of MARINE ACID AIR_ 143

Sect. X. _Miscellaneous Observations_ 154