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IN commenting upon our previous letter in NATURE, Oct. 2, Prof. Armstrong stated that, in comparing the heats of combustion of carbonic oxide and hydrogen in flames, he had taken into account the heat of formation of water, not that of hydrone (steam), which can only mean that he supposes water (not steam) to be formed in flames. This being so, will he then kindly vouchsafe us an answer to the question put to him in our letter, namely: Is there, indeed, any evidence that not hydrone (steam) but something much more complex and hydronolic (water) is formed in flames? For we want to know what his answer is before deciding whether or not it would be safe for us to accept (as he suggests) the guidance of his imagination whilst wearing our thinking caps.
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BONE, W., TOWNEND, D. Flame and Combustion. Nature 120, 694 (1927). https://doi.org/10.1038/120694c0
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