Note 38 — Chapter III · On the Origin of Ferments properly so called.
Frank Faulkner translation
Gay-Lussac, Annales de Chimie, t. lxxvi. p. 245; read at the Institute, December 3rd, 1810. Long before Gay-Lussac, it had been remarked that atmospheric air had a great influence on fermentation. See M. Chevreul’s articles on the history of chemistry in the Journal des Savants.