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cipient, becaufe the Air by its Spring would life it up fufficierit- 
i V n but then the vacuum would not be fo perfeftly niade. 
When ! had thus caken away my lictle emptied Receiver,with 
the Plant, half IhK up therein ; 1 put the whole into a great Glafs 
fiHed with water , the Root being downwards ; and I faw, that 
there were formed little water-drops upon the leaves that were 
m vacuo. I left it tenilaies in this condition, and during that 
time there was entred about twofpoonfulsof water in the Recei- 
ver, and in all appearance this water had preflTed through the 
Plant. Yet there appeared no more any drops upon the leaves^ 
but that might very w^ell corae from the grofler excrementitious 
matter that is in the water, which had ftopp'd the Con- 
duits. 
After this, to know whether any Air had been form'd there, I 
replaced the Receiver upon the Engin, and having whelmed a big- 
ger over it, 1 faw there was but very little Air form'd in the 
final! one , becaufe the great Recipient was almoft all empty be- 
fore the Air included in the little one could lift it up. Yet at 
iaft it did raifeit, and I enclined the Engin, to the end that the 
lictle Receiver might not be applied to its cover when I fliould 
let the Air re-enter ; and after this manner both the Recipients 
were filled in the fame time. Then I looked upon the leaves of 
the Plant, They were not withered, though they were not grown ^ 
only the leaves had in the middle a linle changed their colour, and 
had a fmeil fomewhat fowrilh ^ but the next morning the plant was 
quite fpoiled» We may believe that the pnfTureof the Air had 
made the water enter into this plant v/ith fo great a violence, , that 
thereby it had^ as 'twere, mortified the parts, tfpecklly in the 
middle wherethe leaves were moft tender; but this water ftiU 
kept the leaves extended, and fo they withered not; bur, when 
the Air came to aft upon theifl , the parts of the Plant that had fo 
much fufFer*d were foon corrupted by it. For 'cis very proba- 
ble, as well by this Experiraeftt, as by others hereafter to be 
mention'd, that the Air is a DifToIveat which corrup- 
tcth Bodies 
%hM. ^ This being done, I made the Experiment the other 
way, that is, with the Leaves in the jiir^ and the 
floors in a bottle of water that v/as in vacuo and immediately 
1 faw Air*bubbles iiTuing out at the end of the rail m vacuo, hi- 
