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2 S Vegetable Statich. 



\y condenfed by cold. In a rainy day the 

 mint imbibed very little. 



I purfued this Experiment no farther, Dr. 

 Woodward having long fince, from feveral 

 curious experiments and obfervations, given 

 an account in the Philofophicai Tranfactions, 

 of the plentiful perfpirations of this plant. 





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Experiment VII. 



In Augufty I dug upi a large dwarf Tear- 

 tree, which weighed 71 pounds 8 ounces; 

 I fet its root in a known quantity of wa- 

 ter; it imbibed 15 pounds of water in 10 

 hours day, and perfpircd at the fame time 

 1 5 pounds 8 ounces. 



In July and Augnft, I cut off feveral 

 branches of Apple-trees, Pear, Cherry, and 

 Apricock-trees, two of a fort ; they were of 

 feveral ilzes from 3 to 6 feet Jong, with pro- 

 portional lateral branches; and the tranfverfe 

 cut of the largeft part of their Items was a- 

 bout an inch diameter. 



I (tripped the leaves off of one bough of 

 each fort, and then fet their Items in fcpa- 



ratc glaffes, pouring in known quantities of 

 water. 



The 







