Experiments.</s> <s>And this height the Wa-<lb/>
ter reach'd to, though the Pipe were held<lb/>
in as erected a po&longs;ture as we could: For if<lb/>
it were inclin'd, the Water would fill a<lb/>
greater part of it, though not ri&longs;e higher<lb/>
in it.</s> <s>And we al&longs;o found, that when the<lb/>
in&longs;ide of the Pipe was wetted before-<lb/>
hand, the Water would ri&longs;e much better<lb/>
then otherways: But we cau&longs;'d not all<lb/>
our flender Pipes to be made &longs;traight, but<lb/>
&longs;ome of them crooked, like <emph type="italics"/>Siphons<emph.end type="italics"/>: And<lb/>
having immer&longs;'d the &longs;horter Leg of one<lb/>
of the&longs;e into a Gla&longs;s that held &longs;ome fair<lb/>
Water, we found, as we expected, that<lb/>
the Water ari&longs;ing to the top of the <emph type="italics"/>Si-<lb/>
phon<emph.end type="italics"/>, though that were high enough, did<lb/>
of it &longs;elf run down the longer Leg, and <lb/>
continue running like an ordinary <emph type="italics"/>Siphon<emph.end type="italics"/>.<lb/>
</s> <s>The cau&longs;e of this a&longs;cen&longs;ion of the Wa-<lb/>
ter, appear'd to all that were pre&longs;ent &longs;o<lb/>
difficult, that I mu&longs;t not &longs;tay to enumerate<lb/>
the various Conjectures that were made<lb/>
at it, much le&longs;s to examine them; e&longs;pe-<lb/>
cially, having nothing but bare Conje-<lb/>
ctures to &longs;ub&longs;titute in the room of tho&longs;e<lb/>
I do not approve.</s> <s>We try'd indeed, by <lb/>
conveying a very flender Pipe and a &longs;mall<lb/>
Ve&longs;&longs;el of Water into our Engine, whe-<lb/>
ther or no the Ex&longs;uction of the ambient