Observations on Different Kinds of Air
- Kind
- Journal Article
- Date
- 1772
- Publisher
- Philosophical Transactions
- Volume / pages
- (1772), 62, 193-4.
- Retrieved
- Jun 21, 2012
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Experiment Demonstrating Plants Produce Breathable Air
When air has been freshly and strongly tainted with putrefaction, so as to smell through the water, sprigs of mint have presently died, upon being put into it, their leaves turning black; but if they do not die presently, they thrive in a most surprizing manner. In no other circumstances have I ever seen vegetation so…