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rofe afrcfli from the ciftern, viz. 6 inches 

 the firft i of an hour, and in an hour more 

 the mercury reached the fame height as be- 

 fore, viz. 1 1 + i inches. And in an hour 

 and i more it rofe 3 inch more than at firft $ 

 but in half an hour after this it began gent- 

 ly to fubfide 5 viz. becaufe the fun declining 

 and fetting, the perfpiration of the leaves 

 decreafed, and confequently the imbibing 

 of the water at i abated, for the end / was 

 then an inch in water. 



July 31ft. It raining all this day, the 

 mercury rofe but 3 inches, which height 

 it fiood at all the next night. Auguft ift 

 fair fun-ftiine j this day the mercury rofe to 

 S inches : This fhews again the influence 

 of the fun, in railing the mercury. 



This Experiment proves that branches 

 will ftrongly imbibe from the fmall end 

 immerfed in water to the great end 5 as 

 well as from the great end immerfed in 

 v/ater to the fmall end * and of this we 

 fiiall have further proof in the fourth chapter. 



Experiment XXVII. 



In order to try, whether branches would 



imbibe 



