[Ads-l] Antedating of "Hydrogen"

[James Eric Lawson]

1787 James St. John _Letters from France to a gentleman in the south of
Ireland_ 8 Jul. (1788) I. 192 But it has been proved to demonstration,
that water is composed of the bases of vital air and of inflammable gas;
that is to say, of oxygen and hydrogen: Consequently, the greater part
of our planet originated from these two seemingly elementary substances.

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James Eric Lawson

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