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my finger, which flopped up the end of the 

 tube z. 



Thc root imbibed the water with f 

 much vigor, that in 6 minutes time the mer- 

 cury was raifed up the tube d z as high as 

 z } viz. S inches. 



The next morning, at 8 a clock, the mer- 

 cury was fallen to 2 inches height, and 2 

 inches of the end of the root /' were yet 

 immerfed in water. As the root imbibed 

 the water, innumerable air bubbles iflued 

 out at /, which occupied the upper part of 

 the tube at r as the water left it. 



Experiment XXII. 



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The eleventh experiment (hews, with 

 what great force branchesimbibe \vater,where 

 a branch with leaves imbibed much more 

 than a column of 7 feet height of water 

 could in the fame time drive thro' 13 in- 

 ches length of thc biggcft part of its (tern. 

 And in the following experiments we fhail 

 find a further proof of their llrong imbi- 

 bing power. 



May 25, I cut off a branch of a young 



thriving Apple-tree b, (Fig. 11.) about 3 



feet 



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