"1. Fire burns for a certain time in a given quantity of Air. 2. If the Fire does not yield during combustion a fluid similar to air, after the spontaneous extinction of the Fire, air is diminished between a third and a fourth of its bulk. 3. It is not miscible with common water. 4. All kind of animals live but a certain time in a given quantity of confined air. 5. Seeds, as for instance peas, will strike roots and grow to a certain height in a given quantity of equally confined air, by the addition of some water and moderate heat."
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