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for one meafure of it with one of 
nitrous air occupied 1.48; but it 
was as inflammable as before. 
It feems to me probable, from 
the above-mentioned experiments, 
that plants have a power of cor- 
recting even the worft of all airs, 
inflammable air ; but that they re-. 
uire fome ors to. perform this 
an fo sence and ae one evand the 
in full Vigour ‘to ‘fnifh the see 
if it is fhut up in a narrow {pace 
- with a certain quantity of this air; 
and that this air, after having been 
in a great meafure mended by a 
lant, returns again to its former 
ifonous quality, if it remains with 
ee = ee after the vital operation. 
of the plant ceafesy~which I appre- — 
ie = i was the sated of wa difference 
eae aie ae ne 
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