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with what an abfolutc force it advances; 

 noon it was funk one inch. 



April 1 1 th at 7 *• *»• 24 + i inches hi<>h, 

 fun-mine : at 7 #•*»• * 8 inches high. 



April 14th at 7 &> m. 20 + \ inches high, 

 at 9 a. m. 22 + i> fine warm fun-fhine ? 

 here we fee that the warm morning f Un 

 gives a frefh vigour to the fap. At 1 1 *. Wi 

 the fame day 16 -]- £, the great perfpira- 

 tion of the ftem makes it fink. 



April 1 6th at 6 a. m. 19 + i rain. At 4 

 p.m. 13 inches. The fap ( in the foregoing 

 Experiment, numb. 34) rifen this day fince 

 noon 2 inches, while this funk by the per- 

 fpiration of the ftem ; which there was lit- 

 tle room for, in the very fhort ftem of the 

 other. 



April 17 at 1 1 a. m. 24 -\- $ inch high, 

 rain and warm 5 at 7 p. m. 29 + i, fine 

 warm rainy weather, which made the fap 

 rife all day, there being little perfpiration 

 by reafon of the rain. 



April 18th at 7 a. m. 32 -\- f inches 

 high, and would have rifen higher, if there 

 had been more mercury in the gage; it be- 

 ing all forced into the leg y z. From this 



time toMay 5 th, the force gradually decreafed. 



The 





