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it -iJl1- . if::- XkNorth-Carolfoa-M G A Z XWj&fori'fo-.g by fome great Philofophcrs thought. to be jt. But - thefe were deceived, in not obferving, that Water, has always in its Intervals aCharge of Earth, from wJiiui no can iree u, . i in& ri) puiutiis uav- fpenti Britifh America, hath been bleeding , in this caufefrbm its fettlmept : We have fpent-all - we could raife, and. more ; for' jioiwiuiuanuiHg uie uai uamcmary rcimDune- . - V 1 V w i 1 . -;: r - - fc ji-ii " - 1 1 . - ins been Fully confuted by Dr. Woodward no-body, ments or part, we ihll remain . much in debt. , h X , c , M . a-a L 1 r 1 a rr 1 r, r 1 i " has, that ! know of, maintain d it fince : And fo has expended more men and money in vyar fincehe year 16 landed at Plymouth, in; pi pportion to their abi- iitf, than the three rungdoms together. ,1 he is r iome modern Virtuoii. have amrm df trom the 1. V the Doctor's Arguments I (hall add more in the Article of Air. Jfir. Becaufe Jtff Spring &a-is Jas neceflary to- ny, or tne otner colonies r tno: tne rhas -imdoubtedly h This may be thought incredible : But materials public - - -Ocw-Horfehoeins: Hufbandrv dred Pounds of Earth, and planted a Willow of- iiEive JundsJVight in jt, tub- ; Rain, or diftiird Water z and to feenre if (rnm lijhed In England V 7ULL, and now inuch ufed there maybe y a perforated Tin Coyer. Five Years after, weigmng ine i ree, wun an tne JLeaves it nag "borne "i n " tha t T i m e, he found it to we igh One ' Hundred Sixty-nine Pounds Three Ounces : but ' the Earth was only d iminifli'd abou t two Ounces in its cf great Advantage if intn A m erica : we therefore hope the following. Extra ft from that Book,, may be agreeable to our Readers. H E chjef Art of an Huftandman is to feed Plants to the belt Advantage ; but how fliall A ynrTtnis f-xpenment Mr. Bradley grounds h.i u- .u. . .. .t.c. i i. . . . . i . . ., . Airv HvDothefis. Hut let-it hp. hnt ciMmmpH Air. us, uu nidi, muds nc Knows wnat is tneir i ' ; . v -" Food ? By Food is meant that IVatteri which,-be-'r- 'rpaLn 4.e, ma thence inferj d. from getting in. This muft a!fo prevent any Earth from getting out, except what entered the Roots, ana Dy them palsTd into the Tree. ing added and united to the fukStamina of Plants or Plantuldr, which were made in little at the Creation, gives them, or rather is their JricrcafeF 'Tis agreed, that all the following Materials con tribute, in fome Manner, to thelncreafe of Plants : bu t tis disputed which of them is that very In crea ie-orr ood.-j iVm 4. Fire. c. Earth, 1 will not. mention, -as a Food, that acid Snmf of the Air, fb much talked of ; fince by its eating afunder Iron Bars it appears tooymuch of the Na ture oi Aqua Forth, jo beTa welcome Gueft alone to the tender Veflels of the Roots of Plants. :Nriiiufe(ulto-divide A Willow is a very thirfty Tree,' and muft have ahk in Five Years Time feveral Tuns Of W tfpr in is inaw very in l il rt .. . . y f "v- iMivwoui i itiaijy r iiuiwo mure than the Tree's Weioht.) which could not (ct out, but by the Roots of the Willow.' Therefore the Two hundred Pounds of E5Vth not being incrcafed, proves that fo much Earth ai" was poured in with ; the Water,did Jcnterthe and maVbeYridTo fame Manner 2smy Knife nourilhes me. by cutting , rec,! or whetfler only in order to pafs through it and-dividjng myeaVr But w to'the'Root of a Plant, . it will kill it as cerainlv behln fthc Augment of.heAVillorf;rnay..a' ,asa:Knifemifapplydi-wiIlkilha-A proves, that Nitre is, in refpeft of NouriOiment, dTrC(?nflSf: - ' . " : : T juft as much the Food of P&nt$, zs after the Corruption or is the Food -oLRiits. . . And jhejf Mhterizjrom-Pansfa M TrrBradley- beingt herch ;ie rrritrno tomyTTVU tfior who has publi(h'd thi Phri ta (y ,;which. at p re fent feMii igjGround.; fwer'd : And this will be eafily 'done, if I can v fhew, that He has anfwer'd tlxr his oWOpinion, by fome or all of his own ArgumentSi lUi'y - Hisrhritis,-that-ofcwa .fhrBofly a much Itfs Incrcafc m Weight than irs Perpirstions amount to. ti-SarAoVusU may remain, to demonftrate it to the world. 1 have realon to, hope at leait, that the will foon fee fuch proofs exhibited,: as fhevv,hat -o obem :'':-r:'',s V ? dred Pounds of Earth- and nlanfpH. a Willnw nf ' k 4 41 i! i t? M r-if -f !'"!- :. ' ti i v ' - ' tlii 5 111 ' -.ii:-.., ':tl ; v !.':: i'!!.Ft".? !' i"..r it i t ' .s. : 1 i'-it 'i.;r 1 , . r.'i '!. i I H i !:( at ; ft' iiiv il'.i !f li mm aw (' I. i'1 i!;,V -3i : in J'?, fi, 55 1 1 c ' 1 1; 'I : ' -V ! Hi I' " fill- :,(!. I ! ! ;
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