Mifcettanea Curlofa. 1 3 3 



above double what that in the finer and thin- 

 ner Water had. The Proportion of the Aug- 

 ment of that Plant that ' throve moft was, to 

 the fluid Mafs fpent upon it, but as i to 46. 

 In others, 'twas but as 1 to 60, 100, 2,00 ; 

 nay, in the Cataputia, 'twas but as 1 to 714. 

 The Mint in B took up 39 Grains of Water a- 

 day, one day with another; which was much 

 more than the whole weight of the Plant ori- 

 ginally \ and yet, with all this, it gain'd noc 

 one fourth of a Grain a-day in weight. Nay, 

 that in H took up 253 Grains a day of the Fluid.: 

 Which was near twice as much as its original 

 weight, it weighing, when firft fet in the Water, 

 but 127 Grains. And, after all, the daily En- 

 reafe of the Plant was no more than Grains 2^. 



6* Springs and Ham-water* contain pretty near 

 an equal Charge of Vegetable Matter ; River-wa- 

 ter more than either of them* The Plants in the 

 Glafles A, B, and C, were at fit ft of much the 

 fame fize and weight. At the End of the Expe- 

 riment, the Mint in A had gain'd 1 3: Grains out 

 of 25* 5 8 Grains of Spring-water; that in B, 

 Grains 1 7 and an half, out of 3004 Grains of 

 Rain-water ; but that in C had got 26 Grains 

 out of only 2493 Grains of River- water. , I do 

 not found this Proportion lblely upon thefe Tri- 

 als ' 7 having made fbme more, which I do not 

 relate here, that agree well enough with thefe. So 

 that the Proportions here deliver'd, will hold for 

 the main j but a ftricT: and juft Companion is 

 hardly to be expected. So far from it, that I 

 make no doubt, but the Water that falls in Rain, 

 at (bme times, contains a greater (hare of Ter- 

 reftrial Matter than that w^ich falls at others. 



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