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Fixed Air(Gas Sylvestre) Fixed air had first been synthesised by Joseph Black in 1750-1752 by heating magnesium carbonate He named it so because it was “fixed” (absorbed) by alkalis It was identical to van Helmont’s, Gas Sylvestre, discovered in 1648 We call it carbon dioxide Fizzy Water (1772) Priestley realised that the vats in which beer was being made in his local brewery were giving off fixed air The air was identical to that given off in his laboratory when “common air” was spoiled by having candles burnt in it He found that it would dissolve to give an exceedingly