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THIS monograph embraces a complete collection of the results obtained by Dr. Morley while working on this subject, and gives a detailed account of the various apparatus used. The experiments described extended over a very lengthened period. They consisted of the determination of the ratio between oxygen and hydrogen by two distinct methods, viz. by actually weighing the gases and by synthetising water. In all his experiments Dr. Morley dealt with far larger volumes of purer gases than previous experimenters had used, and in weighing them he reduced with surprising completeness every possible source of error. In his work on the synthesis of water, Dr. Morley succeeded in weighing the hydrogen and oxygen burned, and also the water produced thereby, achieving an exactness not attained by any previous experimenter, as none before had weighed all three factors. All experiments dealing quantitatively with gases are naturally extremely difficult, but Dr. Morley has, by paying attention to every detail, brought each process to a great pitch of accuracy.
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BALY, E. The Atomic Weight of Oxygen. Nature 54, 258–260 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054258a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/054258a0