( 3J‘ ) 
attradls Light ftrongly) then the rcfult of thefe 
“ three by far the moff: adive Principles in Nature, 
“ will be a Fun^im Saltens to envigorate the Seminal 
“ Plant: And thus we are at lad conduded by the 
“ regular Analyfis of vegetable Nature to the firft 
“ enlivening Principle of their minuteft Origin. • 
P. S. Since lleganthis AlflraU^ I was with the ingeni- 
ous Author ^ who hy fome Experiments try ^ fince the 
writing of his Book, was become certain of fome 
things which he /poke doubtfully of before^ v\z^ i. 
That the Diaphragm-Inflrument (fee Page % 6 '^^of 
his Book ) ivoud ferve to breathe 8 7 Minutes when 
it was entirely dry^ and the Diaphragms impregnated^ 
with Salt of Tartar, z. That Leaves imbibe Air^ 
as he has fince tried in Mint in the manner that he 
mention d (in Page ’^z^.) 3. That this year the 
Heat of the Weather has been j/ 84 Degrees^ 
mark'd on his Thermometers. 
F 1 IT I S. 
" Advertifemnt. 
TTJTHereas I publifii’d a Paper concerning the Figure of the * 
Earth, ‘m the Phtlofophicdl TranfaBions, Numb. 388, and a 
Paragraph which I canceli’d, was, by the miftake of my Amanu- 
enjis, printed whilft I was fick : I defire fuch Readers as have 
that TranfnBion by them, to cancel from the Words, Lajily^ Let us 
fuppofe. Page 280. Lin. ult. to the End of the Paragraph. 
Having from time to time negleded to give this notice, I chofe 
to do it here, tho’ late, rather than wholly to omit it. 
jF. T» Defaguliers* 
