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The dephlogifticated air oozing ge of 
tbe leaves in the water is not exj/t- 
ing in the fubjtance of the leaves 
in this_pure fiate, but is only fe- 
creied out of the leaves when tt has 
_ undergone a purification, or a kind 
of tran/mutation. 
IF the dephlogifticated air col- 
lected from the leaves in the fun © 
exifted in them in its — ure ftate, it 
muft appear as fuch when 
fqueezed 
out of the leaves under water; Or, 
at leatt, if the leaves are only fhook 
gently under water, without hurting 
reir Organization, or when they are 
put in warm or in boiling water. 
I fqueezed a handful or two of 
potatoe leaves under water, and kept 
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