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v sorcine chac vichin che Tule ro alcend, sill j wnole Round ol Clobules, chex sec norealon ivtiz
such ehe as che Pressure be every wrhere equal: the Water Moud ascend ac all, beins ctie Pressure
Buc ehis is scarce perceirable in Tubes ot larser is equally debilirared borh abore and beloir
Dianleters; For che Air insistins upon che Brintes oF
a Tube, bears a greater Ratio 10 che Air Wichoue,
nhose Precture is noc hindered, in smail Tubes chan
in larger, as che subsequent Calculation wilake
apDeai:
SGlobules, then che Area ot the Bale ot IIIC 101.
mer, vill bc 38:, and hat oF che latter 28 3
irhole Disserence is 1023, (0 chac c f is prest upon
abore : more chan che Base oF che larrer c d. Bu
if che Diameter oF the Base of the external Cytin.
der be c4 Globules, and char of che internal one 
Globile les5, viz. 13, che Area of the former wil
bC 254, and FhaE OF FhC laEEex F32 7 Wvhose Dil.
Ference vill be21=2; (0 chac che Pressure oF chat
is now scarce Z parr greater chan che, Prelsure ol
this: From whence it appears, Thac ehe Disserence
OF Presture, is a Breac deal lels in larse Lubeschan
in sinall.
Opon che Came Principles Twill Follou, Tha
liehrer Liquors willrile hipher in (mall Tubeschare
hearier: And non e Mall sire an accoune, wtis
Mercur, in a verr small Tube Mou d subside belon
Loobriace Whrich Obicction, ll lad) de co
aered, ThacThe ParFCICS Ot WATEI AIC HLIOre voII
He ard Aexible; ripon irtrich account, iC) CaI
Slide into che Tube, wictiour lutterins ans centide.
evtrich betore acted orly uxon the lages ot che
Romins, che Pressure abore and belon beins
equal.
cable Derrimene, Wvhils chole oF Rir Beins mOrO
Rif ard rigid, suser mMUCH FrOm Fhe SICCS OF MC
Tube: Belides, che Parricles oF Warer are lnalle
chan chole oF Air, 25 ME. Boyle has pror a by lere
ral Experimenes, and consequently, tho che ex
tream Globuless and +, do light uxon the EdgesOr
che Tube, rec Aill che Prelture uprards wilt DC
greater than che Pressure downrards, and che WV a
ter Forced to alcend.
Those chines beins considered, twillbe nodifi.
cult Marrer ro accoune For che subsidins oF Mercu-
er in mall Tubes below che Lerel oF che Nercury
richour; For by the La ot Contraries, the Par-
cicles ot Mercurs will be imore grols chan etiole ol
Air; and contequenty che Precture oF che Parricles
OF Mercurr belor, upvards will be less chan che
Pressure ot che Air down; and che Mercury Forced
to descend.
Flirherto ve have onty caken nerice OF thie GPa
riey oF the Rir, withour any rexard co chac ottier
wotich AIr. Boyle has pTora by ratious Lape
proporrion co che comprettire, and is alvars equal
O il.
ligheon the Fages ot ThC BOIOI OI IC Lud, dou Jan Fo W CC aL L. L OpeH, ana cone-
consequentr cheir Presure be rendred ineHectual, queney the incernal Hi Communicates Wicntne CA
a5 nere a anidb abore; and chis bens llde et lae recttat, cnte eo prat a it ale eatermal His bc
Ooo
3
Let the Diametex oE the Aereal Cylinder e Gh f.
ben Globules, and chat oF che Cplindero p. g r, BC
The LereloF che external Mercury.
ABC here it may nor be lupsopet lo oblerre
Thac Tone People trom che a(CenE e LGuors in
small Lubes, have vauns saped tor a l’erperual
L E MI M a
remarteable Properrr OL IL, L ean IIS LTaILICIEY.
MenEs: Now chIS FLaNICUY is a POweE TMAC AII
compressed cirtier b) IlSovon Graviey, et als vetet
vay, has oF restorins ie selt eo is former Scare;
and this L Palick Lorce acts indifferenty evert Was
tho in case any pare ot the compressed Air be lels
prels d upon chan iIe Fest, twill chat way endea-
vour ro Frec ic lelt Hom the Pressure upon irs orter
ParIS, in ordex thac ene Lselture may be equat er-
ey irhere; and thIS restitutire Force encreases in
IIany one dele a tuller Accoune ot chis Mallet,
P. X. C. 13. Fr. 1. 2IL L. 14. Pr. X1, This being plC-
misd, Iprocced rorhe tollomine Propostion.
The Flasticte Force of Air contain d in any Vessel, and
bhich is of ehe same Nature mith the external Air
i. C. is neither more nor less comprest, dees the same
thins as che wbole Weieht es che external sir
Morion; For, Cay Cnes, eis buc makine a lube
extreamly (mall, and nor c00 lons, and chen che
aIcenE OF elC LIGHOI BCMIS PrOPORCIOnalEothe (malI.
ness ot ihe Tube, twill Ron our ac the Fop, dnd
thac continuals; Ouc sal chiose Leopre vuc c-
rowly contider d the MaETCE, chey cona HOL Mave
draun any such Conclusion; For cho etie Liquot
contained inthe Tube, beforcedro etic Lop otine
Tube by reason oF a lels Prerure, ret wwhen il
comes torhe IoP, I meers there withene Cnooules
Tube, and consequenty is hindered From over-
Blc here it may very vell be objected, Thac
tho che Rereal Cplinder e hef, press uxonthe (ub-
jected Liguor, vet chis Presture is noc ivtolly deri-
bules ol Nater st, cannor (0 exactly Aon into
ved cothe Tube, bur parely broken, for the Cilo-
etie Tube, buc ehie extream Globulessand i, must
Le IC be a Tube as D, or 2 Vestet a5 H; ot