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July 3 1 ft, it raining all this day, the mer- 
cury rofe but 3 inches, which height it 
flood at all the next night. Augufl ift fair 
fun-fhine ; this day the mercury rofe to 8 in- 
ches: This (hews again the influence of the 
fun, in raifing the mercury. 
This Experiment proves that branches will 
ftrongly imbibe from the fmall end immer- 
fed in water to the great end 5 as well as 
from the great end immerfed in water to 
the fmall end 3 and of this we fliall have 
further proof in the fourth chapter. 
Experiment XXVII. 
In order to try whether branches would 
imbibe with the like force with the bark 
off, I took two branches* which I call M 
and Nj I fixed M in the fame manner as 
the branch in the foregoing Experiment, 
with its top downwards, but firft I took off 
all the bark from i to r. Then I fix'd in the 
fame manner the branch N but with its 
great end downwards, having alfo taken off 
all the bark from i to r 3 both the branches 
drew the mercury up to 8 inches 5 fo 
they imbibed with equal ftrength at either 
end, and that without bark. 
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