An essay on fire / by Mark Augustus Pictet. Translated from the French, under the inspection of the author, by W.B., M.D.

  • Pictet, Marc-Auguste, 1752-1825.
Date:
1791
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Credit: An essay on fire / by Mark Augustus Pictet. Translated from the French, under the inspection of the author, by W.B., M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ESSAY ON FIRE. CHAPTER I. Introduction—Uncertainty concerning the Nature of Fire—Its Modifica- tions may le confidered under four Points of View—liberated Fire —Specific Heat—Paient Heat— Fire in a State of Combination, or combined Fire. * § i/I'hE adual progrefs of thofe introJuc- Sciences, whofe objeft is the ftudy oftl0U' nature, promifes rapid fuccefs ; and B the