 ... to the atmosphere by the respiration of such a number of animals, and the putrefaction of such masses of both vegetable and animal matter, is in part at least repaired by the vegetable creation. And notwithstanding the prodigious mass of air that...  The Life of Joseph Priestley - Page 55by John Corry - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Priestley - 1790 - 600 pages
...of vegetables upon the face of the earth, growing in places fuited to their nature, and confequently at full liberty to exert all their powers, both inhaling...and exhaling, it can hardly be thought, but that it may be a fufficient counterbalance to it, and that the remedy is adequate to the evil. Dr. Franklin,... | |
 | John Corry - 1804 - 124 pages
...notwithstanding the prodigious mass of air, that is corrupted daily by the above-mentioned causes ; yet, if we consider the immense profusion of vegetables...remedy is adequate to the evil." Another method of purifying air was alsodiscovered by this philosopher. " Having rendered inflammable air perfectly innoxious... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1821 - 506 pages
...and notwithstanding the prodigious mass of air that is corrupted daily by the above-mentioned causes, yet, if we consider the immense profusion of vegetables...and exhaling, it can hardly be thought but that it may be a sufficient counter-balance to it, and that the remedy is adequate to the evil*." In the year... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 782 pages
...and notwithstanding the prodigious mass of air that H corrupted daily by the above mentioned causes; yet, if we consider the immense profusion of vegetables...in places suited to their nature, and, consequently »t fuU liberty to exert all their powers, both inhaling and exhaling, it can hardly be thought but... | |
 | Philip Miller - 1835 - 742 pages
...and notwithstanding the prodigious mass of air that is corrupted daily by the above mentioned causes; yet, if we consider the immense profusion of vegetables...powers, both inhaling and exhaling, it can hardly he thought but that it may be a sufficient counterbalance to it, and that the remedy is adequate to... | |
 | Robert Rigg - 1844 - 292 pages
...And notwithstanding the prodigious mass of air that is corrupted daily by the above-mentioned causes, yet if we consider the immense profusion of vegetables...and exhaling, it can hardly be thought but that it may be a sufficient counterbalance to it, and that the remedy is adequate to the evil."* In the prosecution... | |
 | Thomas Webster - 1845 - 598 pages
...creation. And notwithstanding the prodigious mass of air that is corrupted perennially by the causes named, yet if we consider the immense profusion of vegetables upon the face of the earth, inhaling and exhaling continually in accordance with their laws of vitality, we may perceive it to... | |
 | Thomas Griffiths - 1846 - 462 pages
...and notwithstanding the prodigious mass of air that is corrupted daily by the abovementioned causes, yet, if we consider the immense profusion of vegetables...and exhaling, it can hardly be thought but that it may be a sufficient counterbalance to it, and that the remedy is adequate to the evil." The experiments... | |
 | Thomas Griffiths - 1846 - 440 pages
...and notwithstanding the prodigious mass of air that is corrupted daily by the abovementioned causes, yet, if we consider the immense profusion of vegetables...and exhaling, it can hardly be thought but that it may be a sufficient counterbalance to it, and that the remedy is adequate to the evil." The experiments... | |
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