430 Remarks 071 Mixed Gases^ 



Table of the Expansion 6/ a given quantity of 

 dry air heated in contact with water. 



From the above tables, it appears that my 

 numbers are incomparably nearer to Schmidt's 

 than those given by Mr. Kirw^n, which are 

 represented as Schmidt's. — Unfortunately Mr. 

 Gough has built a good deal on this table, has 

 given us another at page 423 founded on it, 

 has given it a decided preference to mine ; but 

 immediately after he tells us that all he has 

 obtained from it is suspected of inaccuracy. 



Mr. Kirwan, like other men, is fallible j 

 he has certainly coftiroittcd an oversight in 



