Jan Ingenhousz
Born
in Breda, Netherlands
December 08, 1730
Died
September 07, 1799
Genre
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“If it was the warmth of the sun, and not its light, that produced this operation, it would follow, that, by warming the water near the fire about as much as it would have been in the sun, this very air would be produced; but this is far from being the case..”
― Experiments upon vegetables
― Experiments upon vegetables
“I observed that plants not only have a faculty to correct bad air in six to ten days, by growing in it...but that they perform this important office in a complete manner in a few hours; that this wonderful operation is by no means owing to the vegetation of the plant, but to the influence of light of the sun upon the plant.”
― Experiments upon vegetables
― Experiments upon vegetables

