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Much more I could say to you offer to you on the subject
: [+] [+] other articles of Nomenclature, other hints respecting arrangement, and other species of vapour for subjects of experiment: and other methods for eliciting the properties of such as have been already practised on but all I have said already may be, perhaps
too much. I have endeavoured to be short,
the making it a conscience to be frugal
of a time so pretious as this is to the public as Dr
Priestley's.
I have the honour to be
with perfect respect
Sir
Your most obedient
humble Servant
Jere:y Bentham
[+] continued from p.1.
A flexible neck may be given it, where a L-soled
Acid is employ'd or fluid one that is sluggish like the
the Vitriolic, is not volatile.
In this case it must consist of two glass tubes; where of one at least should pieces
of glass be of glass. One open at both ends in the shape of the neck of
a phial thus to fix into the cork
of the mixing-phial: the other open at one end only in the shape
of a whole phial. entire The flexible communication
may be made either by leather or a piece of bladder, or bladder with
Leather pasted over it, as may be found necessary. The
rim of the piece of the phial as well as of
the whole one should be as narrow as possible for the
convenience of fastening on the bladder ; that is only just broad
enough to prevent the thread from slipping off: and the glass should be roughened with a file
This of Athanor I have not made use of: I found the other answer
very well; and in the country where I was, I could not get the leather put on so as to be Air tight
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