 | Joseph Priestley - 1790 - 600 pages
...adds, " I hope this will give fome " check to the rage of deftroying trees that grow " near houfes, which has accompanied our late " improvements in gardening, from an opinion of " their being unwholefome. I am certain, from " long obfervation, that there is nothing unhealthy *' in the air of... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 360 pages
...effect. The strong thriving state of your mint, in putrid air, seems to show that the air is mended by taking something from it, and not by adding to it....unhealthy in the air of woods ; for we Americans have every where our country habitations in the midst of woods, and no - people on earth enjoy better health,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...effect. The strung thriving state of your mint, in putrid air, seems to show that the air is mended by taking something from it, and not by adding to it....improvements in gardening, from an opinion of their being uawhole. some. I am certain, from long observation, that there is nothing unhealtby in the air of woods... | |
 | 1821 - 356 pages
...effect. The strong thriving state of your mint, in putrid air, seems to show that the air is mended by taking something from it, and not by adding to it....some check to the rage of destroying trees that grow uear houses, which has accompanied our late improvements in gardening, from an opinion of their being... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1821 - 232 pages
...putrid air, seems to show that the air is mended by taking something from it, and not by adding to it. ( hope this will give some check to the rage of destroying...houses, which has accompanied our late improvements ia gardening, from an opinion of their being unwhole. some. I am certain, from long observation, that... | |
 | 1824 - 884 pages
...thriving state of your mint, in putrid air, seems to show that the air is mended by taking sometbing from it, and not by adding to it. I hope this will...improvements in gardening, from an opinion of their being nnwholesomc. I am certain, from long observation, that there is nothing unhealthy in the air of woods... | |
 | John Towill Rutt - 1831 - 450 pages
...effect. " The strong thriving state of your mint in putrid air seems to shew that the air is mended by taking something from it, and not by adding to it....unhealthy in the air of woods ; for we Americans have every where our country habitations in the midst of woods, and no people on earth enjoy better health,... | |
 | Willian Blaackwood aand Sons. Edinburgh - 1843 - 712 pages
...and absorbs the carbonic acid gas, &c., produced by combustion and putrefaction). I hope," he adds, " this will give some check to the rage of destroying...gardening, from an opinion of their being unwholesome." At page 293 he has a chapter on " the purification of air by plants, and the influence of light on... | |
 | Robert Ellis (F.L.S.) - 1850 - 548 pages
...to Dr. Priestley, upon the subject of the then recent discoveries of the latter philosopher, says, " I hope this will give some check to the rage of destroying trees that grow near houses. I am certain, from long observation, that there is nothing unhealthy in the air of the woods; for we... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1882 - 652 pages
...effect. The strong thriving state of your mint, in putrid air, seems to show, that the air is mended by taking something from it, and not by adding to it....I am certain, from long observation, that there is nothins unhealthy in the air of woods ; for we Americans have everywhere our country habitations in... | |
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I hope this will give some check to the rage of destroying trees that grow near houses, which has accompanied our late improvements in gardening, from an opinion of their being unwholesome. 
