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The mercury role much more leifurely in 

 thefe experiments, than with the Apple- tree 

 branch* the more the fun was upon it, the faf- 

 ter and higher the mercury role, but the Vine- 

 branches could not draw it above 4 inches 

 the firft day, and 2 inches the third day. 



And as the fun fet, the mercury fometimes 



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fubfided wholly, and would rife again the 

 next day, as the fun came on the Vine- 

 branch. 



And I obferved, that where fome of thefe 

 Vine-branches were fix'd on the north fide 

 of the large trunk of a Pear-tree, the mer- 

 cury then rofe moft in the evening about 6 a 

 clock, as the fun came on the Vine- branch-. 



Experiment XXIV. 



Aitguft 9, at 10 ante Merid. (very hot fun- 

 fhine ) I fixed in the fame manner as Exp. 22. 

 a Non-pareil branch, which had 20 Apples 

 on it 5 it was 2 feet high, with lateral bran- 

 ches, its tranfverfe cut % inch diameter : Ir 

 immediately began to raife the mercury moft 

 vigorouily, lb as in 7 minutes it was got 

 up to .3 12 inches high. 



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