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are in their natural ftatc growing to the 



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trees. 



Augufl 2d I cemented faft the gage rtz, 



{ Fi^. 14 ) to the pliant branch b, of a dwarf 

 Gotten Tippin-tree, the fame from which I 

 cut the branch in Experiment 26 : As the 

 tranfverfe cut i imbibed the water, the mer- 

 cury rofe 5 inches obliquely in the tube & $ 

 and 4 inches perpendicular. 



In this, as alfo in many of the preced- 

 ing Experiments there were feveral wounds, 

 in that part of the branch which was with- 

 in the large tube r i ; which were made by 

 cutting off little lateral twigs, and fwelling 

 eyes, that the branch might cafily enter the 

 tube : And if thefe wounds (thro' which the 

 air always ilTued plentifully,) were well co- 

 vered with meeps-gut, bound over with pack- 

 thread, it would in a good meafure prevent 

 the inconvenience : But 1 always found that 

 my Experiments of this kind fucceeded bell, 

 when that part of the branch which was to 

 enter the tube r i, was clear of all knots 

 or wounds ; for when there were no knots, 

 the liquor palled molt freely, and lefs air 

 ilTucd out. 





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