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JuJy 3 iff, it raining all this day, the mer- 

 cury rofe but 3 inches, which height it 

 flood at all the next night. Auguji ift, fair 

 fun-mine ; this day the mercury rofe to 8 in- 

 ches : This mews again the influence of the 

 fun, in raifing the mercury. 



This Experiment proves that branches will 

 ftrongly imbibe from the fmall end immer- 

 fed in water to the great end; as well as 

 from the great end immerfed in water to 

 the fmall end; and of this we fhall have 

 further proof in the fourth chapter. 



Experiment XXVII. 



In order to try whether branches would 

 imbibe with the like force with the bark 

 off, I took two branches, which I call M 

 and N\ I fixed M in the fame manner as 

 the branch in the foregoing Experiment, 

 with its top downwards, but firft I took off 

 all the bark from i to r. Thenfix'dl in the 

 lame manner the branch JV, but with its 

 great end downwards, having alio taken off 

 all the bark from /tor; both the branches 

 drew the mercury up to z, 8 inches; fo 

 they imbibed with equal ftrength at either 

 end, and that without bark. 



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