then it &longs;elf, and why that which produc'd <lb/>
the bubbles above mention'd &longs;hould not <lb/>
be re&longs;olutely &longs;aid to be nothing el&longs;e then <lb/>
a more active and &longs;pirituous part of the <lb/>
Water, we &longs;hall, in order to the Elucida<lb/>
tion of this matter, &longs;ubjoyn to what <lb/>
was formerly deliver'd the following Ex<lb/>
periment. </s></p>

<p type="main"> <s>WE recited in our nineteenth Ex<lb/>
periment, how by drawing mo&longs;t <lb/>
<arrow.to.target n="marg24"/><lb/>
of the Air out of the Receiver, we made <lb/>
the Water &longs;ub&longs;ide by degrees in a Gla&longs;s <lb/>
not four Foot long: We &longs;hall now adde, <lb/>
that in the like Experiment made in &longs;uch <lb/>
a Tube, or a greater, it may be ob&longs;erv'd, <lb/>
That when the Water begins to fall, there <lb/>
will appear &longs;tore of bubbles fa&longs;ten'd all a<lb/>
long to the &longs;ides of the Gla&longs;s; of which <lb/>
bubbles, by the agitation of the Ve&longs;&longs;el <lb/>
con&longs;equent upon pumping, there will ari&longs;e <lb/>
good numbers to the top of the Water, <lb/>
and there break; and as the Cylinder of <lb/>
Water is brought to be lower and lower, <lb/>
&longs;o the bubbles will appear more numerous <lb/>
in that part of the Tube which the Water <lb/>
yet fills; and the nearer the &longs;urface of the <lb/>
Water, in its de&longs;cent, approaches to the&longs;e