' Combustion of Phosphorus, &c. 291 
communicating with the bag of oxygen is opened, an intense com- 
bustion ensues; since the oxygen, emitted in a jet from the capillary 
orifices of the tube, reaching the melted phosphorus excites it into 
an active combustion, which the nitrous oxide afterwards sustains 
with great energy. 
Combustion of Phosphorus in Nitrous Oxide illustrated. 
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