To the published account of this experiment Davy added the following
note:--'In desiring Mr. Faraday to expose the hydrate of chlorine in
a closed glass tube, it occurred to me that one of three things
would happen: that decomposition of water would occur;... or that
the chlorine would separate in a fluid state.' Davy, moreover,
immediately applied the method of self-compressing atmosphere to the
liquefaction of muriatic gas. Faraday continued the experiments,
and succeeded in reducing a number of gases till then deemed permanent
to the liquid condition. In 1844 he returned to the subject, and
considerably expanded its limits. These important investigations
established the fact that gases are but the vapours of liquids
possessing a very low boiling-point, and gave a sure basis to our
views of molecular aggregation. The account of the first investigation
was read before the Royal Society on April 10, 1823, and was
published, in Faraday's name, in the 'Philosophical Transactions.'
The second memoir was sent to the Royal Society on December 19, 1844.
I may add that while he was conducting his first experiments on the
liquefaction of gases, thirteen pieces of glass were on one occasion
driven by an explosion into Faraday's eye.

Some small notices and papers, including the observation that glass
readily changes colour in sunlight, follow here. In 1825 and 1826
Faraday published papers in the 'Philosophical Transactions' on
'new compounds of carbon and hydrogen,' and on 'sulphonaphthalic acid.'
In the former of these papers he announced the discovery of Benzol,
which, in the hands of modern chemists, has become the foundation of
our splendid aniline dyes. But he swerved incessantly from chemistry
into physics; and in 1826 we find him engaged in investigating the
limits of vaporization, and showing, by exceedingly strong and
apparently conclusive arguments, that even in the case of mercury