Experiments on air : Papers published in the Philosophical transactions / by the Hon. Henry Cavendish, F.R.S. (1784-1785).

Edinburgh : W. F. Clay, 1893.

52 pages including diagram ; 19 cm.

"The first paper contains Cavendish's account of his investigations into the composition of water ... The second paper ... contains the account of the discovery of the composition of nitric acid"--Editor's pref.