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^ I then took a like bearing twig, without 
f cither leaves or apple, it raifed the mer- 
cury 4 inch. 
So a twig, with an apple and leaves raif- 
ed the mercury 4 inches, one with leaves 
only 3 inches, one with an apple Without 
leaves i inch. 
A Quince which had two leaves, juft at 
the twig's infertion into it, raifed the mer- 
cury 2 i inches, and held it up a confi- 
derable time. 
I A fprig of Mint fix’d in the fame manner, 
I railed the mercury 3 + t inch, equal to 
\ 4 feet 4" 5 inches height of water. 
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\ Experiment XXXI. 
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j I tryed allb the imbibing force of a great 
I variety of trees, by fixing Aqueo-mercurial 
gages to branches of them cut off, as in Ex- 
periment 22. 
The Pear, Qiiince, Cherry, W alnut. Peachy 
Apricock, Plumb, Black-thorns, White- 
thorns, Goolcberry, Water-Elder, Sycamore, 
raifed the mercury from 6 to 3 inches high : 
Thofe which imbibed water moft freely, in 
the Experiments of the firft chapter, raifed 
the 
