SIGAUD DE LA FOND, Joseph Aigan

Essai sur différentes especes d'air, qu'on désigne sous le nom d'air fixe fixe, pour servir de suite & de supplément aux elémens de Physique du méme auteur

      P. Fr. Gueffier, Paris 1778 - Contemporary calf backed speckled boards (rubbed and worn) 8vo . FIRST EDITION. "This important treatise in which are described the preparation, properties, and chemical reactions of several gases, including carbon dioxide, nitric oxide, hydrogen, oxygen, sulphur dioxide, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride, and ammonia. There are numerous references to the earlier experiments of Boyle, Hales, Helmont, Magellan, Nooth, et al. The author repeatedly extols the great work of Priestley and also speaks highly of Black, Chaussier, Fontana, Gerardin, Lavoisier, Meyer, Venel, Volta, and others. In 1776 Sigaud assisted Macquer in experiments showing that water is produced when hydrogen burns in air. Pages 227-284 describe these experiments, which greatly helped Cavendish, Lavoisier, and Monge in their later investigations on the composition of water" (Neville Collection, II, p. 475) [4] leaves, XVI, 400 pp. With 5 folding engraved plates. Pages 25/26 with neat marginal repair. § Duveen 550; Neu 3840; Cole 1213; Partington, pp. 105-6; Bolton 833; Ferchl 503; Blake 418; D.S.B. XII, p. 427. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]