"air" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Cavendish had already discovered what he designated "inflammable air," though no one had as yet given it its later title of hydrogen gas.
- To remedy this defect, Mr. Tytler has got it covered with a varnish to retain the inflammable air after the balloon is filled.
- The different sorts of airs, such as putrid airs or inflammable air, were looked upon as atmospheric air with some impurities, much like muddied water.
- This is generally credited as showing the discovery of hydrogen, since it describes the density of 'inflammable air', which forms water on combustion.
- Cavendish is noted for his discovery of hydrogen or what he called "inflammable air".
- He described the density of inflammable air, which formed water on combustion, in a 1766 paper "On Factitious Airs".
- By combining metals with strong acids, Cavendish made hydrogen (H) - which he called "inflammable air" - by dissolving metals in acids.
- This is generally credited to show the discovery of hydrogen, since it describes the density of 'inflammable air', which formed water on combustion.
- Yet, if water could be made by burning inflammable air, then water is not an element, but a compound.
- Joseph continued his scientific and scholarly work in his new laboratory, identifying carbon monoxide (which he called "heavy inflammable air").
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