Periodicals>Journal Article: Priestley, Joseph (1772), Observations on Different Kinds of Air, Philosophical Transactions, (1772), 62, 193-4., Retrieved on 2012-06-21
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21 JUN 2012
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 vigorous as in this kind of air, which is immediately fatal to animal life. Though these plants have been crouded in jars filled with this air, every leaf has been full of life;...Folksonomies: experimentation
Folksonomies: experimentation
Using a mouse and a sprig of mint.