Vegetable Statich. 8p 
rofe afrelh from the ciftcrn, wz, 6 inches 
the firft 4 of an hour, and in an hour more 
the mercury reached the fame height as be- 
fore, viz. 1 1 2 inches. And in an hour 
and \ more it rofe ^ inch more than at firft 5 
but in half an hour after this it began gent- 
ly to fubfide j 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 i was 
then an inch in water. 
July 31ft. It raining all this day, the 
mercury rofe but 3 inches, which height 
it ftood at all the next night. Augufl ift 
fair fun>{hine 3 this day the mercury rofe to 
S inches : This fhews again the influence 
of the fun, in raifing the mercury. 
This Experiment proves that branches 
will ftrongly imbibe from the fmall end 
immerfed in water to the great end 3 as 
well as from the great end immerfed in 
I water to the fmall end j and of this we 
1 ftiall have further proof in the fourth chapter. 
Experiment XXVIL 
In order to try, whether branches would 
imbibe 
