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This volume, first published in 1913, gives an account of the history of discovering the different chemical properties and physical displays that make up the atmosphere.
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Early history;
Chemistry during the phlogistic period;
The decline and fall of the phlogistic theory;
The principal constituents of the atmosphere;
The escape of gases from planetary atmospheres according to the kinetic theory;
Liquid air;
The inert gases in the atmosphere;
The radioactivity of the atmosphere;
The probable composition of the atmosphere in early geological time;
Bibliography;
Index.
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