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The Whole Art Of Making Experiments In Chemistry Is Founded On The Principle: We Must Always Suppose An Exact Equality Or Equation Between The Principles Of The Body Examined And Those Of The Products Of Its Analysis.

In Every Combustion There Is Disengagement Of The Matter Of Fire Or Of Light. A Body Can Burn Only In Pure Air [oxygen]. There Is No Destruction Or Decomposition Of Pure Air And The Increase In Weight Of The Body Burnt Is Exactly Equal To The Weight Of Air Destroyed Or Decomposed. The Body Burnt Changes Into An Acid By Addition Of The Substance That Increases Its Weight. Pure Air Is A Compound Of The Matter Of Fire Or Of Light With A Base. In Combustion The Burning Body Removes The Base, Which It Attracts More Strongly Than Does The Matter Of Heat, Which Appears As Flame, Heat And Light.

The Art Of Drawing Conclusions From Experiments And Observations Consists In Evaluating Probabilities And In Estimating Whether They Are Sufficiently Great Or Numerous Enough To Constitute Proofs. This Kind Of Calculation Is More Complicated And More Difficult Than It Is Commonly Thought To Be. . . .

The Impossibility Of Separating The Nomenclature Of A Science From The Science Itself, Is Owing To This, That Every Branch Of Physical Science Must Consist Of Three Things; The Series Of Facts Which Are The Objects Of The Science, The Ideas Which Represent These Facts, And The Words By Which These Ideas Are Expressed. Like Three Impressions Of The Same Seal, The Word Ought To Produce The Idea, And The Idea To Be A Picture Of The Fact.

Since It Is The Very Substance Of The Animal, It Is The Blood Which Transports The Fuel.if The Animal Did Not Habitually Replace, Through Nourishing Themselves,what They Losethrough Respiration, The Lamp Would Very Soon Run Out Of Oil And The Animal Would Perish, Just As The Lamp Goes Out When It Lacks Fuel.