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Von helmont docover by water &photosentes

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$In 1634, \: Jan \: Baptist  \: van \: Helmont  \: was \: arrested \: by \: agents \: of \: the \: Spanish \: Inquisition \: { { { {?}^{?} } for \: the \: crime \: of \: studying \: plants \: and \: other \: phenomena. \: ... He \: planted \: the \: tree \: , watered it and \: then \: left \: it \: for \: 5 \: years \: . He \: then \: re-weighed \: the \: tree \: , which \: had \: increased \: in \: mass by over 12 stone. \:$