Excerpt from Inaugural Address: Delivered in the Chapel of the University at Cambridge, December 11, 1816That combustion will not go on without the presence of oxygen.That in every case of combustion this air disappears, the burnt body increases in weight, and the weights thus lost by the one and gained by the other, are precisely equal that combustion, therefore, is the act of union of the inammable body with oxygen.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition.

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