( 2^5 ) 
Progi-efs became flowei- for at the end of 24 Hours, 
the Water had attain'd but to 16 Inches ^ the Bladder, 
at the top being near half fill’d with that Air which had 
deferred the Afhesasthe Water afeended in them. At 
the fame time I found the upper part of the Tube, to 
which the Bladder was ty’d, to be crack’d round, and 
foon after drop’d off. However I had the Satisfa- 
clion defir d. And fb continuing the Experiment, I 
found at 24 Hours diftance fromlhe lafi: Obfervation, 
the Water had afeended in the Ailies 6 Inches higher" 
which was very difcernible by the change of Colour it 
gave thrm, dillincl from thofe that were dry. 
^ Again, At the like difiance of time from the lafi no- 
tice, the Water had arifen 4 Inches and a half, and fome- 
thing better. On the 4th day, at the ufual time of Ob- 
fervation, it had afeended 3 Inches higher: and when 
the following 24 Hours were fimfii’d, the Water reach’d 
within half an Inch of the top, by its afeent of 2 Inches. 
About 10 Hours after, it had compleatly reach’d the 
Extremity of the Tube. Then defiring to know what 
Quantity of Water the Afhes had Abforb’d, I weigh’d a 
Glafsof Water nicely, part of which I Pour'd into the 
Glafs, in which the Tube had all along been kept, till it 
reach’d the Mark the Surface of the Water fiood at 
when the Tube was firfi plung’d into it; and found the 
Quantity to be equal to the weight of 1792 Grains 
which is nearly the Bulk of 7 Cubical Inches 5 the Ca- 
pacity of the whole Tube, in which it arofe, was equal 
but to about 1 3 Inches of the fame denomination. Now 
this Experiment to me feems furprifing enough from the 
following Obfervations. 
Firfi, That the Water not only afeended in the Allies 
as between the premention’d Planes,' and in the fmall 
Tubes, contrary to its Natural Gravation ; but with 
fuch a Power too, as to force, and put to flight pret- 
ty firongly imprifon’d Air, which was contain d in the 
Intcrfiices of the Ramm’d Aflaes. P p 2 Se- 
