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Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786), apparatus for investigating gases:

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Title: Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786), apparatus for investigating gases:

Caption: Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786), apparatus for investigating gases: from his Abhandlung von der Luft und dem Feur, 1777 (Chemical Observations and Experiments on Air and Fire). Scheele probably obtained what he called 'fire-air' (oxygen) in 1772, two years before Priestley. 1: Experiment in which hydrogen combines with oxygen in the air. 2: Burning candle in limited quantity of air. 3: Apparatus for collecting oxygen 4: Ox bladder for collecting gases, 5: Bee placed in inverted jar over basil of lime-water. As long as oxygen last: bee will live, and carbon dioxide will be absorbed by lime-water.

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Keywords: ABHANDLUNG VON DER LUFT • AIR • APPARATUS • BEE • BURNING • CANDLE • CARBON DIOXIDE • CARBONIC ACID • CARL WILHELM SCHEELE • CHEMICAL • CHEMISTRY • COLLECTING • COMBINES • EXPERIENCE • EXPERIMENT CONSTRUCTION = SETTING UP EXPERIMENT • EXPERIMENT CONSTRUCTION • EXPERIMENT • EXPERIMENTS • FIRE • FIRE-AIR • GASES • HYDROGEN • INVERTED • INVESTIGATING • JAR • LIME-WATER • OBSERVATIONS • OX BLADDER • OXYGEN • SCHEELE • SCIENCE • SETTING UP EXPERIMENT • UND DEM FEUR