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he ripper Surtace he Wacer in it, BC a MIIe DC. Warer in che Pipe, and chac riII it tiac airgined
convenient heiptit abore the Surtace of the WVacer
EaL Then On FAKIIS OH FOUT Finget, SO W Hna (he Found char che Bubble which betore svam on
ehe Surtace oFche Wacer, did nom snk down cc
vou sink che lube solver, et pos re OH Into theBortom, and say chere as lone asthe Oil was
ihe Vesset, che Cvilt rise i  s Loee Kepr uxon the Wacer; buc it cicher che Tube wwas
vers much inclined anr ivar, ot it che Oil by 2
Scrphon, or ochervise, ivere draion oH, itrO Bub.
Which planly MCWS, Thac a LlG AG M ble vould chen Fmerse co etie LOp.
Specie, mar buoy up anc RCeB suIPeaea OHC MIIaL
The Reason oE itrich Phiaenomenon, tic trul
ishearier; and che Reasonsare in effect the same sares eo be this: Phac wrtien che Oil was poured
25 ThoR BIHTOTEC SOM  M LhanOmena DF On, chat dlid (tho a liglcer Fluid BY IES pTOPeF GF2
the First Paradox; he only DIHeLCMCC BCHH, CC viey) press on the Water on wrhich ic vas incum
ne Mt drid che Water hare chansed Pldces, ehie benc, and by chac means did Force Come oF ic ro
Oil nou beins in che sare, ale c narer in che enrer in at che litrle Scemi ot che Bubble, Wwhichby
cheFigure annexed; wtuch bubble was lo exact
chacmeans beins rendred incheWhole more heavy
did sink to ihe Botrom; but erhen the perpendicu
lar Pressure ot che Oil upon che Water was caten
OH, by inclinine che Tube, or removed by draw-
ins os che Oil quite: The Rir in the BubblC
wohichi betore was comprest, did noit by its sprine
force out the newly adiniied Nacet, apaitr and 10
reduce rhe Bubble coirs Former Degree ol Grarier.
(0 chac ic nolild be suspended in the Water as be
FOre.
FJe Found also, thac pourins o more W atet
ivould produce che Camie Ptiaenometion, if b
a Wire he tirst chrust donn to, and chen kepe arrtie
Bocrom ot che lube, ehe atoretaid poiled Bubble:
For cho it vould readils eterse on the Remoral
ot che Rod ot Wire, WHen sio more Wacer vas
poured into che Tube; yec, chiat if che Wire Kepe
ihe Bubble at che Boccoin cill he had poured in
inore Wacer to about two or etiree Fooe hiph into
che Pipe, che Bubble vould eHen, on che remoral ol
the Wire, Aay chere, ard nor rise at aI riil che
Tame Ouantier oF Water vas caten our, irhictu
Wtrich ras betore added; Which Experimene dorte
nobly Ilustrare and prore his sirst Proposition=
That the Opper Parrs of the same Fluid, do press or
fravitate on the Lomer.
e tt tet i
Is a Body ContisuouS 20 Eht Watet, de auCet, 
in P’arrs loiver thanthe upper Surface of theWater
the lover, Part of the Body will be pressed uxrard
by che Water wlich rouches it benearto
ehie Cil oE Turpentine ivas Kepe in an open Tube
trom descendins or runmine out of it by che Pret
Cure upards ot che Wares on its lorver Parrs
And b bco Latib  apFCatS CaC H3
alichrer Fluid, conld press upvards, or Keex Wa
rer, a Fluid in Specie hearier chan ic, suspended
in an open Pipe.
heariet ca trales, ab supe at  CMMaLIOI
Clores, Coltateum, 80. Wete laken _P Ito 2 Lubes
and ehen that Tube ivere, 25 in etie former manner
immersed into a Vessel oF WVacer, and ihere placee
SoThallon, chac che Oil on remorins of chetinger
From the Pop ot che Tiibe ivouid drop oue. The
op em caret i Specte han Wacer, iioula
(B) LemMa 3. ). AHK IO EHC BOETOM, buE nOx (O
GuehY a5 L would in cte Air; and since it it
verc et a Macrer equi-ponderune eo Wacer, rie
als lo plererc confoundine isie e   Plam ic could noc sint aC all, anf moie chan exieise.
Phis appearo trom ehie First Euperiment, wotiere
tou the Surtace oF che Oil in che OlaIs; ICaY,
he Wacer in the Pipe ill nor run out: Thac it
and char it you raise ic higher, che Water vill run
DE deop out, and Call to the Borrom ot the Vessel.
Lubc.
s Second Peradox, our autbor also very trisenious
Pllustrates and Consirms by the followins Lxpet
ment.
Ineo a lons GlasS. Pipe, Sealed at one end, anee
extiose Bore vas abour hale an Inch in LHCter.
hre poured a quantier oF Warer; and rhen haring
a limall Cla(s. Bubble abour che bignels oF 2 Pca
Buc us Ouer ro estitmace hon nuehi che Pressure
oF ehie NVacer apainst che lorver P’arrs of any Bod
vich a vers (mail and Pender Scem, ais rou sec il
dorh AHWCW. LeL US LapPOIC a LaICel OF O it
Poiled, by Forcins Waces into ic, chactho ic V
noc sink in a Vesel OF Wacer, ser a rels
ore Weiphe vould mako it do (0.
This Bubble Beino pat into che Glats Pipe, di
Tvim on the Top of the Wacer concained in IE;
buc Wssen he poured Oil ot. Turpencine (very sen