The noble gases (historically also the inert gases; sometimes referred to as aerogens) make up a class of chemical elements with similar properties; under standard conditions, they are all odorless, ...

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EDINBURGH. Royal Society, Dec. 21, 1896.—Lord Kelvin in the chair.—The first paper, on atomic configurations in molecules of gases according to Boscovich, was by the President himself. At the outset ...