ties; whereas they improve in their nature and
constitution in most of the country labours which are carried on in the
open air. Organization, sensation, spontaneous motion, and all the
operations of life, only exist at the surface of the earth, and in
places exposed to the influence of light. Without it nature itself would
be lifeless and inanimate. By means of light, the benevolence of the
Deity hath filled the surface of the earth with organization, sensation,
and intelligence. The fable of Promotheus might perhaps be considered as
giving a hint of this philosophical truth, which had even presented
itself to the knowledge of the ancients. I have intentionally avoided
any disquisitions relative to organized bodies in this work, for which
reason the phenomena of respiration, sanguification, and animal heat,
are not considered; but I hope, at some future time, to be able to
elucidate these curious subjects.

[Trancriber's note: The following table is presented in four sections to
comply with 75 character line limitation.]

TABLE of the binary Combinations of Oxygen with simple Substances

------------+----------------+-----------------------------------------+
|Names of |First degree of oxygenation. |
|the simple +--------------------+--------------------+
|substances. |New Names. |Ancient Names. |
+----------------+--------------------+--------------------+
{Caloric |Oxygen gas {Vital or |
{ | {dephlogisticated |
{ | {air |
{ | { |
{Hydrogen. |Water(A). | |
{ | | |
{Azote {Nitrous oxyd, or }Nitrous gas or air |
{ {base of nitrous gas } |
{ | | |
{Charcoal {Oxyd of charcoal, or}Unknown |
Combinations{ {carbonic oxyd } |
of oxygen { | | |
with {Sulphur |Oxyd of sulphur |Soft sulphur |
simple { |