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my finger, which flopped up the end of the 

 tube z. 



The root imbibed the water with fo 

 much vigor, that in 6 minutes time the mer- 

 cury was raifed up the tube d z, as high as 

 z> 'viz. 8 inches. 



The next morning, at 8 a clock, the mer- 

 cury was fallen to z inches height, and z 

 inches of the end of the root i were yet 

 immerfed m water. As the root imbibed 

 the water, innumerable air bubbles ifliied 

 out at i, which occupied the upper part of 

 the tube at r as the water left it, 



Experiment XXII 



The eleventh experiment {hews, with 

 what great force branchesimbibe water,where 

 a branch with leaves imbibed much more 

 than a column of 7 feet height of water 

 could in the fame time drive thro 1 1 3 in- 

 ches length of the biggeft part of its ftem. 

 And in the following experiments we fhali 

 find a further proof of their ftrong imbi- 

 bing power. 



May 25, I cut off a branch of a young 

 thriving Apple-tree b y (Fig. n.) about 3 



feet 



