The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy (etc.)

Smith, Elder and Company, 1839

EXPERIMENTS	4

RESEARCH I	5

Preliminaries	14

Experiment on the Formation of Nitrous Acid	25

Specific Gravity of Ammonia	40

Of the Sources of Error in Analysis	47

Of the Gas remaining after the Absorption of Nitrous	55

Conclusions	61

Combination of Nitrous Oxide with Potash	156

Probability of forming Compounds of Nitrous Oxide	162

ON THE DECOMPOSITION OF NITROUS OXIDE BY COMBUSTIBLE	165

Mr Thomsons Theory of the difference between Nitric	166

Composition of the different Nitrous Acids	178

RESEARCH III	196

Effects of Solution of Nitrous Oxide in Water on Fishes	216

Of the Changes effected in Nitrous Oxide by Respiration	229

Minute Examination of the Decomposition of Nitrate	62

Speculations on the Decompositions of Nitrate of Ammonia	69

OBSERVATIONS	74

Additional Experiments	79

Additional Observations on the Combustion of Bodies	82

Of the Absorption of Nitrous Gas by Water of different	89

On the Absorption of Nitrous Gas by Solution of green	108

Absorption of Nitrous Gas by other Metallic Solutions	114

Of the Conversion of Nitrous Gas into Nitrous Oxide	120

Miscellaneous Observations on the Conversion of Nitrous	126

Decomposition of Aqua Regia by Platina and Evolution	133

RESEARCH II	140

Action of Saline Solutions and other Substances	146

Respiration of Hydrogen	235

Additional Observations and Experiments on the Respira	243

Comparison of the Results with those of Cavendish	253

On the Respiration of Atmospheric	258

Observations on the Respiration of Nitrous Oxide	266

DIVISION II	294

DIVISION III	315

Of the Effects of Nitrous Oxide upon persons inclined	318

Conclusion	324

Effects of Nitrous Oxide on Vegetation	333

Conclusions	334

Description of a Mercurial Airholder suggested	341

Title	The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy (etc.) Volume 3 of The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy, Sir Humphry Davy
Authors	Humphry Davy, Sir Humphry Davy
Editor	John Davy
Publisher	Smith, Elder and Company, 1839
Original from	Austrian National Library
Digitized	12 Mar 2012

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