For want of a name, I have called that vapour Gas, being not far severed from the chaos of the auntients. In the meantime it is sufficient for me to know that gas is a far more subtile or fine thing than a vapour, mist, or distilled oylinesse, although, as yet, it may be many times thicker than air.


In: George F. Kodwell, On the Supposed Nature of Air Prior to the Discovery of Oxygen, The Chemical News and Journal of Physical Science, Volume X, October 24, 1864 (p. 196)

Jan Baptist van Helmont Quotes

For want of a name, I have called that vapour Gas, being not far severed from the chaos of the auntients. In the meantime it is sufficient for me to...

For want of a name, I have called that vapour Gas, being not far severed from the chaos of the auntients. In the meantime it is sufficient for me to...

For want of a name, I have called that vapour Gas, being not far severed from the chaos of the auntients. In the meantime it is sufficient for me to...

For want of a name, I have called that vapour Gas, being not far severed from the chaos of the auntients. In the meantime it is sufficient for me to...