SALUCE, GRAFEN von (GIUSEPPE ANGELO, COUNT OF SALUZZO).

Betrachtungen über die flüssige elastische Materie welche aus dem Schiesspulver erzeugt wird. Aus dem Schriften dieser Akademie übersetzt.

Berlin, Haude und Spenerschen Buchhandlung, 1769. Contemp. blank wrappers. Paperlabel on wrappers. (4),234 pp. Small nicks to lower margin on the first few leaves. Internally clean and fine.

Saluze thought that the 'elastic fluid' (= fixed air) evolved by gunpowder was atmospheric air, although he pointed out that it would not support combustion or respiration. Saluzzo was president for the Academy of Science in Turin
Partington III, p. 127. - Poggendorff I, 744.

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