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fpirits; for by Experiment 75, they abforb 

 air, which air particles regained their elafti- 

 city, when the acid fpirits which adhered to 

 them were more ftrongly attracted by the 

 gold, than by the air particles. 



Experiment XCI. 



A quarter of a cubick inch of Antimony; 

 and two cubick inches of Aqua-regia^ gene- 

 rated 3 8 cubick inches of air, the mil 3 or 

 4 hours, and then abforbed 14 cubick in- 

 ches in an hour or two 5 after which it was 

 ftationary , till I let into the glafs vcflel a y 

 (Fig. 34. ) about a quart of frefh air : Upon 

 which it abforbed fo fall, as to make the 

 water rife very vifibly in ay, whereby it ab- 

 forbed 30 cubick inches more. It is very ob- 

 fcrvable, that air was generated while the 

 ferment was fmall, on the nrft mixing of the 

 ingredients: But when the ferment was 

 greatly increafed, fo that the fumes rofe 

 very vifibly, then there was a change made 

 from a generating to an abforbing if ate 5 that 



is, there was more air abforbed than gene- 

 rated. 



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