Project Gutenberg 2016-08-11 Public domain in the USA. 118 Ramsay, William 1852 1916 Ramsay, William, Sir 14011718 The Gases of the Atmosphere: The History of Their Discovery Produced by deaurider, 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) "The Gases of the Atmosphere: The History of Their Discovery" by William Ramsay is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the historical timeline of the discovery of various gases present in the atmosphere, highlighting major contributors and their experiments. Ramsay aims to present the complex journey of understanding atmospheric gases in a way that is accessible to a broader audience, beyond just the scientific community. The opening of the text introduces the historical context surrounding the discovery of gases, particularly focusing on significant figures such as Robert Boyle and John Mayow and their early speculations. Ramsay notes the misconceptions regarding air and combustion that were prevalent in earlier centuries, explaining how these erroneous beliefs hindered the accurate identification of gases. He sets the stage for an exploration of how these foundational experiments ultimately led to the discovery of gases, such as argon, and emphasizes the transition from speculative theories to empirical, experimental inquiry in the field of chemistry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Chemistry -- History Argon Air QD Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Science - Chemistry/Biochemistry/Physics 380089 380126 2024-09-22T04:41:39.560265 2023-09-22T15:53:27.912334 text/html text/html 386342 2016-08-11T13:19:28 text/html; charset=utf-8 1120988 2016-08-11T13:19:30 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1113062 2024-09-22T04:41:45.441280 application/epub+zip 1115371 2024-09-22T04:41:40.690399 application/epub+zip 175062 2024-09-22T04:41:40.120267 application/epub+zip 1219126 2024-09-22T04:41:49.220237 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1178863 2024-09-22T04:41:44.815189 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 240269 2022-09-24T00:51:56.302800 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317204 317005 2024-09-22T04:41:38.485248 2023-09-22T15:53:26.655301 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 317291 2016-08-11T13:19:22 text/plain; charset=utf-8 111251 2016-08-11T13:19:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18457 2024-09-22T04:41:49.361173 application/rdf+xml 9699 2024-09-22T04:41:40.214238 image/jpeg 2219 2024-09-22T04:41:40.166241 image/jpeg 1221996 2024-09-22T04:41:39.630218 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