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Our understanding of this subject is further confused by the fact that matter exists in different states, or conditions - the solid. The liquid, and the gaseous - and is of many different kinds, while a given Space may contain a greater or less quantity, depending in part upon the quality of the matter enclosed by that space. Chemistry, indeed, recognizes about eighty different primary kinds of matter called the elements, and it is from combinations of two or more of these that matter of all kinds is made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
