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is “more “perfects and. ‘water formed. 
~ Water being then ‘the refult of the clofett na? hort? intimaté 
union of de ephlogifticated air and phlogitton, ‘it feems to mie ver 
improbable, that it is ever decompote d*by the affinity of any 
acid to phlogifton, as all the experiments hitherto made féem 
to. prove, “that phlogifton has a ftronger affinity to dephlogiftis 
cated air than to any other fubftance, except hot metallic cals 
ces; .and thefe, in my opinion, are ‘tncapable of forming any 
union with water, except as fat as they are faline, but they 
never can be reduced by it. ‘So alfo water is ‘incapable of 
‘uniting with any more phlogifton, as fulphur ies beh being 
meat {aturated, 
Mr. CavennisH is inclined to think, that pure inflammable 
dir is not pure phlogifton, becaufe it does not immediately unite 
with dephlogifticated air, when both airs are fimply mixed with 
each ather; this reafon feems to me of no moment, becaufe f 
fee feveral other fubftances, that have the f{trongeft affinity to 
each other, refule to unite fuddenly, or even at all, through 
the very fame caufe that dephlogifticated and inflammable airs 
refufe to unite ; ; ‘VIS on account of the f{pecific fire which they 
contain, and muft lofe, before fuch union can take place: thus 
fixed air will never unite to dry lime, though they be’ kept 
ever {fo long together; thus, if water be poured on ‘the: ftrong' 
eft oil.of. feet they will remain feveral weeks in’ contaét, 
without uniting, as I myfelf have experienced; and yet,’ ih 
betli cafes, the fpecific fire need be expelled ‘only’ from one of 
the fubftances, and not from both: ‘but after a longtime they 
will unite ;, fo alfo will inflammable and dephlogifticated air, as 
Dr. Paest LEY has difcovered fince his taft publication, 
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