Jan van Helmont’s Famous Tree Experiment. The year was 1642… “I took an earthen vessel, in which I put 200 pounds of earth that had dried in a furnace,

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Jan van Helmont’s Famous Tree Experiment

The year was 1642… “I took an earthen vessel, in which I put 200 pounds of earth that had dried in a furnace, which I moistened with rainwater, and I implanted therein the trunk or stem of a willow tree, weighing five pounds. And at length, five years being finished, the tree spring from thence did weigh 169 pounds and about three ounces. … Lest the dust that flew about should be mingled with the earth, I covered the lip or mouth of the vessel with an iron plate covered with tin and easily passable with many holes. … I again dried the earth up in the vessel, and there was found the same 200 pounds, wanting about two ounces.”

Questions What question did van Helmont set out to answer? How would you explain how the tree gained 164 lbs in mass? Jan van Helmont believed that the increase in mass was solely due to the water taken in by the plant. If van Helmont had tested his hypothesis correctly, the plants would not have grown. What experiment should he have done? (Hint: rain water lacks essential minerals for growth)