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Water consists of dephlogisticated air united to phlogiston

Quote byHenry Cavendish · 1731–1810

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Experiments on Air By (1784), pp. 171-172..

English (original)

water consists of dephlogisticated air united to phlogiston

— Henry Cavendish

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