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J/egetable Staticks. 



the mercury higheft in thefe Experiments 

 except the Horfe-Chefnut , which tho' it 

 imbibed water moft freely, yet railed the 

 mercury but one inch, becaufe the air p^ 

 very faft thro' its fap-velTels into the gage. 



The following raifed the mercury but i 

 or 2 inches, viz. the Elm, Oak, Horfc- 

 Chcfnut, Filbcrd, Fig, Mulberry, Willow, 

 Sallow, Ofier, Am, Lynden, Currans. 



The Evergreens, and following trees and 

 plants, did not raife it at all. The Laurel, 

 Rofemary, Laurus-Tinus, Philarea, Fuz, Rue, 

 Berberry, Jeffamine, Cucumber- branch,Pum- 

 kin, Jerufalcm Artichoke. 



Experiment XXXII. 



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We have a further proof of the great 

 force, with which vegetables imbibe moi- 

 {lure, in the following Experiment, viz, I 

 filled near full with Peafe and Water, the 

 iron Pot (Fig. 37.) and layed on the Peafe 

 a leaden cover, between which, and the fides 

 of the Pot, there was room for the air which 

 came from the Peafe, to pafs freely. I 

 then layed one hundred eighty four pounds 



weight on them, which ( as the Peafe di- 

 lated 



