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 the oil Was able to abforb* and let it /land a confix 

 derable time 5 and ftill the air was but weakly in- 

 flammable. The fame was the cafe with the oil of 

 olives, in the laft mentioned experiment* and it 

 feems to be probable, that, the longer this acid va- 

 pour had continued in contact with the oil, the more 

 phlogifton it Would have extracted from it. It is 

 not improbable, but that, in the intermediate ftatej 

 before it becomes inflammable air, it may be nearly 

 of the nature of common air. 



Bees-wax abforbed this vapour very (lowly. About 

 the bignefs of a hazel-nut of the wax being put to 

 three ounce meafures of the vapour, the vapour was 

 diminifhed onehalf in two days, and, upon the admi£ 

 fion of water, half of the remainder alfo difappeared. 

 This air was ftrongly inflammable. 



Charcoal abforbed this vapour very faft. About 

 one fourth of it was rendered immiicible in water* 

 and was but weakly inflammable. 



A fmall bit of phofphorus, perhaps about half a 

 grain, fmoked, and gave light in the vapour of fpirifc 

 of fait, juft as it would have done in common* air 

 confined. It was not fenfibly Wafted after continuing 

 about twelve hours in that ftate, and the bulk of the 

 vapour was very little diminiihed. Water being ad- 

 mitted to it abforbed it as before* except about one 

 fifth of the whole, which was but Weakly inflam* 

 mable* 



Puttirig feveral pieces of fulphur to this vapour* 



it was abforbed but flowly. In about twenty-four. 



hours about one fifth of the quantity had difappeared j 



and water being admitted to the remainder* very little 



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