alkaline air

English

Noun

alkaline air (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, now historical) Ammonia. [from 18th c.]
   • 2004, Robert E Schofield, The Enlightened Joseph Priestley, Pennsylvania State University, published 2004, page 94:

     Private individuals in England, France, and Italy knew of Priestley's discovery before he made it public with a paper on alkaline air read to the Royal Society on 3 March 1774.

References

• Glossary of Archaic Chemical Terms