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<p>The experiments and speculations of Boyle, Mayow, and Hales.--"Fixed air" and "mephitic air"; their discovery by Black and by Rutherford.--The discovery of "dephlogisticated air" by Priestlyand by Scheele. The overthrow of teh phlogistic theory by Lavoisier.--"Phlogisticated air" investigated by Cavendish. His discovery of the composition of water.--The discovery of argon.--The properties of argon.--The position of argon among the elements.--The other inactive gases:helium, neon, krypton, and xenon
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<br>Subjects: Air; Argon; Chemistry -- History</div>
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Ramsay, William, 1852-1916</div>
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