Question

This scientist placed a lit candle and a plant under a transparent jar. After a while the candle went out. He left the candle and plant under the jar and tried to relight it after a while with a magnifying glass and the sun. It relit. He concluded that plants somehow change the composition of the air.

Who was this scientist?
Jan van Helmont
Jan Ingenhousz
John Woodward
Joseph Priestly

Answer 1

Joseph Priestly

Step-by-step explanation:

He was the one who performed this experiment.