... must not look upon anybody as a true principle or element which is not perfectly homogeneous but is further resolvable into any number of distinct substances." Boyle was not even sure if gold was an element, but he was sure that mercury was a compound and not an element. He was also sure that sulfur was ... as a gas, but he knew that air was corpuscular in nature. In the calcination experiment, he boiled water in a pot until it was gone then added more water. He did this several times. Afterwards, there was a substance at the bottom ... of the pot. Even though he did not consider air a...

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