inflammable air

noun

Hydrogen.

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Meanings

nouninflammable air (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountablechemistryHydrogen.

    Mr. Cavendish has shewn, that the gas called inflammable air, is at least ten times lighter than common air; Mr. Lavoisier contends, that it is one of the component parts of water, and is by him called hydrogene.

    1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 11

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