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rny 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 zs high as 
z, viz. 8 inches. 
The next morning, at 8 a clock, the mer- 
cury was fallen to 2 inches height, and 2 
inches of the end of the root i were yet 
immerfed in water. As the root imbibed 
the water, innumerable air bubbles iflued 
out at /, 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 branches imbibe 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 3 in- 
ches length of the biggeft part of its ftem. 
And in the following experiments we fhall 
find a further proof of their ftrong imbi- 
bing power. 
May 25, I cut off a branch of a young 
thriving Jpple-tree (Fig. ii.) about 3 
feet 
