Quote#Art
By factitious air, I mean in general any kind of air which is…
Quote byHenry Cavendish · 1731–1810
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Three Papers, containing Experiments on factitious Air (1766).
English (original)
By factitious air, I mean in general any kind of air which is contained any in other bodies in an unelastic state, and is produced from thence by art.
— Henry Cavendish
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