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Vegetable Stanch. 23 



garden pots ufually have; fo that all the 

 moifture, which was wanting in them upon 

 weighing , muft nccefTarily be imbibed, by 

 the roots of thofc plants, and thence per- 

 fpired off thro' their leaves. 



A diary of the perfpiration of the Mufa Ar; 

 bor, or Plantain-tree of the Weft-Indies. 

 The whole fur face of the plant was 14 

 fquare feet ■> 8 -J- i inches. The diffe- 

 rent degrees of heat of the air y are here 

 noted by the degrees above the freezing 



• --a point in my Thermom. defer ib'd in Exp. 2 o. 



RtB 1726 



May. 



17 

 18 



19 



20 

 21 



Weight 



at 5 



Morn. 

 pd. ou. 



38 5 

 37 15 



g" 

 1 



3 



• 



3i 

 29 



37 4 



32 



36 14 

 36 10 



34 

 30 



36 14 



3i 



36 6 



32 



Weight 



at 12 



Noon. 



pd. ou. 



38 

 37 



o 

 5i 



37 

 36 

 37 



12 

 o 



3 



38 



45 



35 



48 

 50 





Weight' H 

 at 6 

 Even, 

 pd. ou. 



37 

 37 



H 134 

 3?i3» 



22 

 23 



This evening 12 

 removed from the 

 Sun, the windows 



36 C! 



37 



36 

 36 



11 

 15 



36 

 32-I.36 



3i 



36 

 44 



11*35 



5 



31 



N. 3. This plant 

 flood in a flove, with a 

 fmall fire i n it; the af- 

 peft of the ftove was 

 South- eaft. 



A hoc clear day. Thi* 

 morning he obferved 

 large drops of warer ac 

 the extremity of every 

 leaf, and we may obferve 

 chat it perfpires very 

 much this day. 



An extream hot clear 

 lay. 



Moderately hotbucclear. 

 This morn, iz ounces of 

 water poured into the 

 por. Mixture of Sun and 

 Clouds, 



Much thunder, fome rain 

 and hail at a diftance. 

 A gloomy day but no 

 rain. 



ounces of water were poured into the pot; and it wa* 

 ftove into a cool room, where k had a free air but no 

 being North-weft, 



C * 



Calm 



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