436 • ^ RG7\^}*ks miMx^i Gases, 



i\\is \ gresswrAj, > J^^d -^nj^rii^fluenGc^' whatever: h\ 

 modifyjng tb$ ^^^^9^} 9^ : ^^^^} proximate pa|-- 

 ticles, g^ on tjie i^^jjcjdle.one^j. except so far, as 

 that it might hicr/sase or diminish their distance; 

 t^ej mutual , action of ho,m9gene,0U5 particksjj 

 always considered;^ 43^^ j;esembHng magnetic 

 ^ction,: which. is not affected hy whatever othpK 

 action takes place, or whatjever other body iIV 

 terveJ^les..7— i jihould certainly have enlarged oi\ 

 this he^d previously, if I had at all imagined 

 Mr, Gougb M^as under any misapprehensioui 

 pr hafj not read thq illustration 1 gave in 

 Nichplson^s Journal, vol. 3, page 267, ;2^|*/ 

 scries y which was written about a year after 

 the original annunciation of the theory in hi$ 

 4ta Journal for 180K 



{Correction of an Error in Ihbk at pagc'-ZVl.) . 



l::\ Since the Table at page 272' Hv^ i ]^rinted' ' ofl? I - Have 

 discovered that the, quajitity of carbg|it)c oxide gas absorbed 

 hy water is about ■jg-th of its bulk, not ^'^th, as there state^ : 

 it is the only i^as I have yet found that is anomalous in this 

 respect. 





