Project Gutenberg 2016-05-25 Public domain in the USA. 77 Keiser, Edward Harrison 1861 On the Existence of Active Oxygen Thesis Presented for the Attainment of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the Johns Hopkins University Produced by Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "On the Existence of Active Oxygen" by Edward Harrison Keiser is a scientific publication presented as a thesis for the attainment of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, written in the late 19th century. The work extensively explores the chemical properties and potential states of oxygen, particularly focusing on the concept of active or nascent oxygen, which refers to a hypothesized state of oxygen that has stronger oxidizing properties than its ordinary form. In this thesis, Keiser critically examines historical research and experiments surrounding the existence of active oxygen, addressing theories posited by noted chemists like Schönbein, Baumann, and Remsen. He meticulously describes various experiments aimed at detecting this alleged state of oxygen and evaluates their findings regarding oxidative properties under specific conditions. Ultimately, Keiser concludes that the evidence for active oxygen's existence remains unsubstantiated, suggesting that the reactions attributed to it may instead be explained by the behavior of stable chemical compounds such as hydrogen dioxide. His work contributes to the broader understanding of elemental behaviors and challenges the scientific community to revisit and rigorously test the assumptions surrounding the nature of oxygen. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Thesis (Ph. D.) Oxygen QD Text Browsing: Science - General 86362 86368 2024-09-21T16:52:31.090137 2023-09-22T13:22:37.167173 text/html text/html 85275 2016-05-25T14:25:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 164835 2016-05-25T14:25:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 193988 2024-09-21T16:52:33.681089 application/epub+zip 193027 2024-09-21T16:52:31.696099 application/epub+zip 88628 2024-09-21T16:52:31.343109 application/epub+zip 234589 2024-09-21T16:52:35.332107 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 221153 2024-09-21T16:52:33.394120 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117326 2022-09-23T19:28:10.706392 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 64121 63931 2024-09-21T16:52:30.831119 2023-09-22T13:22:36.885172 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 64500 2016-05-25T14:24:56 text/plain; charset=utf-8 22150 2016-05-25T14:25:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 17770 2024-09-21T16:52:35.457088 application/rdf+xml 13006 2024-09-21T16:52:31.413118 image/jpeg 2705 2024-09-21T16:52:31.378101 image/jpeg 189692 2024-09-21T16:52:31.108106 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog