L oy 
fhining upon it, insthis.very fub- 
fiance or kind of plants, fuch 2 41e 
tamorpbofis as to. become what we 
call: now. dephlogifticated air... This 
real tranfmutation, though woncler- 
ful to the eye of a -philofopher, yet 
is NO more extraordinary than the 
~ change of grafs and other vegeta- 
bles into. fat within the body.of a 
graminivorous animal, and the. pro- 
duction of oil from the watery juice 
of an olive tree. Moré examples 
are to be feen of fuch wonderful 
tranimutations of fublunary beings 
in the article upon the mutability 
of air. 
On purpofe to obtain in a eae 
time a great deal of dephlogifticate 
air from this green matter, I “i : 
hw: ays 
thered a good deal of it ae ie oss 
