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A N 



•■E • :S:;-.S A Y 



Concerning the POWER of the 



AIR. ^^ 



CHAP. V. 



on. 



TO omit the Tenets of the Philofo- 

 phers concerning the Region of the 

 Air, and its Diftancefrom the Earth, 

 and other Enquiries of no great Moment in 

 this Eflay, I defcend to the Virtual Affluence 

 it has upon this Lower Habitable part of the 

 World, and particularly on the Ground, 

 Plants, &c. 



Pacuvius^ fpeaking of the Air, fays. 



Js omnia format^ animate ality 



Jerk, fepeht^recepitquein fe omnia^ omniumque 

 idm ejl Pater ^ &c. 



This 



