i 





Anahjfis of the Air. 



* 



The like quantity of frefh Lime and War M 

 ter ablbrbcd in 3 days 10 cubick inches ij& 

 of air. rff ^ 



Two cubick inches of Lime, and an equal 

 quantity of Sal Ammoniac abforbed 1 1 5 cu- g tQ 

 bick inches. '■' dH 



A quart of unflaked Lime, left for 44 , <J 

 ,-11 1 , . . . „ . . 



days, to flaken gradually by it felf without 

 any mixture, abforbed no air. 





March 3d, A cubick inch of powdered 1 

 Belemnitis, taken from a Chalk pit, and an * ' 

 equal quantity of oil of Vitriol, generated " 

 in 5 minutes 3 5 cubick inches of air. March 

 5 th, it had generated 70 more. March 6th, \ 

 it being a hard froll, it reforbed 12 cubick 

 inches, fo it generated in all 128 inches, and i&h 

 reforbed 12. 



Powdered Belemnitis and Limon juice gc- :bl a 

 ncratcd plenty of air too ; as did alfo the : 

 Star Stone, Lapis Judaicus, and Selenitis :^^ 

 with oil of Vitriol. 



Experiment CI. t \^ 



Gravelled, that is well burnt, Wood-afhes, 

 decrepitated Salt, and Colcothar of Vitriol, "* 

 phc'dlcverallyunderthe inverted gh&zzaa ^" 



(Fig. 35.) 







