Analyfis of the Air. \y^ 



ney % mixed with calx of, bones, there arofe 

 144 cubick inches of air, or 41 grains, viz. 

 a little more than J part of the weight of 

 the whole. 



Experiment LXIV. 



From a cubick inch of yellow Bees-wax, 

 or 243 grains, there arofe 54 cubick inches 

 of air, or 1 5 grains j the r 6 part of the 

 whole. 



Experiment LXV. 



From 171 grains, or a cubick inch of 

 the coarfeft Sugar, which is the efTential 

 fait of the fugar-cane, there arofe 126 cubick 

 inches of air, equal to 36 grains, a little 

 more than A part of the whole. 



Experiment LXVL 



I found very little air in 54 cubick inches 

 of Brandy, but in a like quantity of Well- 

 water I found one cubick inch. In *Pier„ 

 mont-water there is near twice as much air, 

 as iu Rain or common water, which air 

 2 con- 



