p4 Vegetable 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 paffed 

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



The following raifed the mercury but i 

 or z inches, viz. the Elm, Oak, Horfe- 

 Chefnut, Filberd, Fig, Mulberry, Willow, 

 Sallow, Ofier, Alh, 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, Jerufalem Artichoke, 



Experiment XXXII. 



We have a further proof of the great 

 force, with which vegetables imbibe moi- 

 fture, in the following Experiment, viz. I 

 filled near full with Peafe and Water, the 

 iron Pot (Fig. 3 7.) 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-; 



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