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in the artificial respiration of these gases ; and that, from 

 the experiments of Magnus, it is proved, that the quantity 

 of carbonic acid dissolved in the five pounds [about 6J Ibs. 

 troy] of blood, which traverse the lungs in one minute, is 

 nearly double that which is exhaled in the same time. 



