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influence of the fun ; and becaufe this air, being but loofely 
united with the water, difengaged it ft If again from it, and 
rofe to the inverted bottom of the veffel. The water being 
thus deprived of the dephlogifticated air, ceafed to fparkle any- 
more, till it became again faturated with it, after the apparatus 
had been expofed again, during fome time, to the influence of 
the light. 
Rejult of exp. II. No air at all was produced in the veffel 
containing the pieces of cloth, during three weeks expofure to 
the fun-fhine. 
theory of exp. II. Boiled water, having loft its air, could 
yield none, at lcaft till after a long time, when fome degree 
cf corruption took place in the animal fubftance, viz. the 
pieces of cloth. 
Refult of exp. HI. Not an atom of air has appeared in this 
veflel, though it flood about two months upon the fame place. 
Theory of exp. III. Boiled water having no an, the fun coulu 
extricate none from it. 
Refult of exp. IV. the conferva began to yield air bubbles the 
very fame day, a little while after its expofuie to the fun. T. lit. 
next day it threw up an immenfe quantity of them. The fifth 
day it begun to throw up lefs, and ceaied entirely about the 
feventh day, when the quantity of about fourteen cuoic inchv,» 
of dephlogifticated air, of an excellent quality, though lefs fine 
than that obtained in exp. I. was collected. The water 
fparkled, as does Seltzer water, by the veffel being fhook. This 
water being expofed to the fire, in an inverted veffel, yielded a 
good quantity of air, which was fo far dephlogifticated as to 
be able to kindle a wax taper juft extinguiihed. After the 
tenth day the vegetable began to die. Thearv 
