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away, the. Quickfilver will adhere to it, and be drawn 
away with it. And if the Glafs be lifted up from the 
Paper, the Quickfilver will be taken up by it, in the 
fame mariner as a piece of Iron is drawn up by the 
Loadftone, and will ftick to the Glafs by a plain Sur- 
face of a confiderable breadth, in proportion to the 
bulk of the drop, as manifeftly appears by an ordina- 
ry Microfcope. Then if the Glafs be held a little ob- 
liquely, the drop of Mercury will roll (lowly upon its 
Axis along the under fide of the Glafs, till it comes to 
the end, where it will be fufpended as before. 
B.xf, ^d. If a pretty large drop of Mercury be laid 
upon a Paper, and two pieces of Glafs be made to 
touch it, one on each fide ; upon drawing the Glafies 
gently from each other, the drop of Mercury will ad>- 
here to them both, and will be vifibly drawn out 
from a globular to an oval Shape; the longer Axis 
palfing through the middle of thole Surfaces, in which 
the drop touches the Glafies. 
PROPOSITION V. 
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The Particles of Water are more ftronglj attrafied hy 
Glafs, than ly one another. 
This manifeftly appears from the rifing of Water in 
fmall Tubes above the Level For when the Water 
begins to rife into a Capillary Tube, all the Particles of 
Water, which touch the fmall Anrmlm at the bottom 
of the T«be, muft have quitted the contacft: of the 
other Water, and have rifcn contrary to their Gravity, 
to come into conta<ft vvith the Glals. After the fame 
manner the other Experiments of Dr. Ta-jlor, Mr. Haroks- 
he and my felf, upon this Subjeift, are ea'fily explica- 
ble. For upon a careful Examination, it will be found 
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