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from the lungs by | from the lungs by <unclear>fix</unclear>: <unclear>&</unclear> air than by | ||
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phlogiston: and by breathing dephlogist<unclear>uated</unclear> air | |||
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insulated by a <add>lime-</add> water stopple, he breathes it thirty | |||
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times as long as he could if insulated by a | |||
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stopple of common water. The <unclear>receiver</unclear> floats | |||
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in a cistern of limewater, & he breathes by a | |||
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bent tube. This seems to agree with Troestwych. | |||
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It is published in <unclear>the</unclear> <gap/> to <unclear>Ingenhautz's</unclear> <del><gap/></del> <add>book</add> | |||
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which I have. <gap/> in 24 hours | |||
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21,600 cub. inches of <gap/> <unclear>any</unclear> what air.) 1 lb | |||
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of nitre yields 12,000 <gap/> of dephlog<hi rend="superscript">d</hi>. air. <sic>Ingenhaus's</sic> | |||
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book you shall have: it contains many <unclear>various</unclear> | |||
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facts. 1<unclear>.</unclear> This. 2. the calcul<hi rend="superscript">n</hi>. in the | |||
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way. This is taken from the General Advertiser of
Thursday or Friday Decr.—24 or 25th. There is about
a column in the whole respecting the Transactions
of the Soc:y Perhaps I may send it you when you
get to Petersburgh.
14. Heat.
Crawford on Heat. An interesting publication, containing
several original views and interesting experiments.
I have seen only an extract in the Reviews.
I shall get it and send you: it is well spoken
of. The 1st edition is out of print: the 2d in
the press.
15. Airs
Fontana has found that air receives more injury
from the lungs by fix: & air than by
phlogiston: and by breathing dephlogistuated air
insulated by a lime- water stopple, he breathes it thirty
times as long as he could if insulated by a
stopple of common water. The receiver floats
in a cistern of limewater, & he breathes by a
bent tube. This seems to agree with Troestwych.
It is published in the to Ingenhautz's book
which I have. in 24 hours
21,600 cub. inches of any what air.) 1 lb
of nitre yields 12,000 of dephlogd. air. Ingenhaus's
book you shall have: it contains many various
facts. 1. This. 2. the calculn. in the
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