more by its own dilatation, which en-<lb/>
crea&longs;'d proportionably to the ex&longs;uction<lb/>
that was made of the Air out of the Re-<lb/>
ceiver.</s> <s>So that at length the Water in<lb/>
the &longs;horter Leg of the <emph type="italics"/>Siphon<emph.end type="italics"/>was re-<lb/>
duc'd partly by the extraction of the am-<lb/>
bient Air, and partly by the expan&longs;ion<lb/>
of the great Bubble at the upper part of<lb/>
the <emph type="italics"/>Siphon<emph.end type="italics"/>, to be but about a Foot high,<lb/>
if &longs;o much; wherby it came to pa&longs;s,<lb/>
that the cour&longs;e of the Water in the <emph type="italics"/>Si-<lb/>
phon<emph.end type="italics"/> was interrupted, and that which re-<lb/>
main'd in the longer Leg of it, continu'd<lb/>
&longs;u&longs;pended there without dropping any<lb/>
longer.</s> <s>But upon the turning of the<lb/>
Stop-cock, the outward Air (being t<lb/>
into the Receiver) got into the <emph type="italics"/>Siphon<emph.end type="italics"/> by<lb/>
the little hole at which the Water former-<lb/>
ly dropt out; and traver&longs;ing all the in-<lb/>
cumbent Cylinder of Water, in the form<lb/>
of Bubbles, joyn'd it &longs;elf with that Air<lb/>
that before po&longs;longs;e&longs;longs;'d the top of the <emph type="italics"/>Si-<lb/>
phon<emph.end type="italics"/>.</s></p>

<p type="main"><s>To prevent the inconveniences ari&longs;ing<lb/>
from the&longs;e Bubbles, two Gla&longs;s Pipes, like <lb/>
the former; were &longs;o placed; as to termi-<lb/>
nate together in the mid&longs;t of the Belly of<lb/>
a Gla&longs;s Viol, into who&longs;e Neck they<lb/>
were carefully fa&longs;tned with Cement; and