. Philosophical transactions. folution foon acquired a red colour, which grewpaler and paler as the fpark was continued, till at laft it be-came quite colourlefs and tranfparent. The air was diminiflied Vol. LXXV. E e e by 3S4 Mr. Cavendishs Experiments on Air, by almoft half, nnd I believe might have been ftill further di-niinifhed, had the fpark been continued. When lime-waterwas let np into the tube, a cloud was formed, and the air wasfurther dlminiOied by about one-fifth. The remaining air wasgood dephlogifticated air. In this experiment, therefore, thelitmus was, if not burnt,, at leaft d
. Philosophical transactions. folution foon acquired a red colour, which grewpaler and paler as the fpark was continued, till at laft it be-came quite colourlefs and tranfparent. The air was diminiflied Vol. LXXV. E e e by 3S4 Mr. Cavendishs Experiments on Air, by almoft half, nnd I believe might have been ftill further di-niinifhed, had the fpark been continued. When lime-waterwas let np into the tube, a cloud was formed, and the air wasfurther dlminiOied by about one-fifth. The remaining air wasgood dephlogifticated air. In this experiment, therefore, thelitmus was, if not burnt,, at leaft decompounded, fo as to lofeentirely its purple colour, and to yield fixed air ; fo that, thoughfoaplees cannot be decompounded by this procefs, yet the folu-tion of litmus can, and fo very likely might the folutions ofmany other fubflances. But there is nothing, in. ^nyof thefe experiments, which favours the opinion of the air beingat all diminifhed by means of phlogifton comno^unicated to itby the ele6lric /■/,//,,. ],.,„. /■ \.V|- j;\!>i.
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