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of it with one of nitrous air ocoP 

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108. I had alfo let up$ in the 

 fame jar in which the pepper-mint 

 had been the whole night, two 

 meafures of inflammable air, and 

 kept it in the fun about three hours ; 

 but, having forgot to copy the re* 

 fult of this experiment in my notes^ 

 I repeated it next day by itfelf* I 

 let up two ounce-meafures of in- 

 flammable air in a quart jar, in? 

 which I had put four fprigs of pep- 

 per-mint, fo that the whole made 

 up about one handful ; I placed it 

 in a fine fun-fhine from one till 

 half paft four; when I examined 

 the air, I found it increafed about 

 T %, and very much mended ; for 

 one meafure of it with one of ni- 

 trous air oocupied 1.2 1 ; fo that it 

 approached very much to the nature 

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