FONTANA, (FELICE).

Experiments and Observations on the inflammable Air breathed by various Animals. Read March 11, 1779.

(London, J. Nichols, 1779). 4to. Extract from "Philosophical Transactions, of the Royal Society of London." Vol. 69, Year 1779 - Part II. Pp. 337-361.

First appearance of the paper by the renowned Italian physiologist, in which Fontana confirmed Scheele's experiment showing that the inflammable air was respirable. In the paper he also discusses the discoveries of Priestly, Cavendish and Scheele.

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