re&longs;t of the Pipe, who&longs;e bore was about <gap/>/4 <lb/> of an Inch. </s>
<s>The whole Siphon made <lb/> up of the&longs;e &longs;everal pieces put together, <lb/> was de&longs;ign'd to be about a Foot and a <lb/> half long; that the remaining Air, when <lb/> the Ve&longs;&longs;el was exhau&longs;ted after the wont­<lb/> ed manner, might not be able to impell <lb/> the Water to the top of the <emph type="italics"/>Siphon;<emph.end type="italics"/><lb/> which being inverted, was fill'd with Wa­<lb/> ter, and of which the Shorter leg being <lb/> let down two or three Inches deep into a <lb/> Gla&longs;s Ve&longs;&longs;el full of Water, and the up­<lb/> per parts of it being fa&longs;ten'd to the in&longs;ide <lb/> of the Cover of the Receiver, we pro­<lb/> ceeded to clo&longs;e fir&longs;t, and then to empty <lb/> the Ve&longs;&longs;el. </s></p>
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<s>The effect of the tryal was this, that <lb/> till a pretty quantity of Air had been <lb/> drawn out, the Water dropp'd freely out <lb/> at the lower end of the lower leg of the <lb/> <emph type="italics"/>Siphon,<emph.end type="italics"/> as if the Experiment had been <lb/> performed in the free Air. </s>
<s>But afterwards, <lb/> the Bubbles (as had been apprehended) <lb/> began to di&longs;clo&longs;e them&longs;elves in the Wa­<lb/> ter, and a&longs;cending to the top of the <emph type="italics"/>Si­<lb/> phon,<emph.end type="italics"/> imbodyed them&longs;elves there into <lb/> one, which was augmented little by little <lb/> by the ri&longs;ing of other bubbles that from <lb/> time to time broke into it, but much