1 Air would aſſiſt us to finde the cauſe of
the aſcenſion we have been ſpeaking of:
But though we imploy'd red Wine in-
ſtead of Water, yet we could fearce cer-
tainly perceive thorow ſo much Glaſs, as
was interpoſ'd betwixt our Eyes and the
Liquor, what happen'd in a Pipe ſo flen-
der, that the redneſs of the Wine was
ſcarce ſenſible in it.But as far as we could
diſcern, there happen'd no great altera-
tion to the Liquor: which ſeem'd the leſs
ſtrange, becauſe the Spring of that Air
that might depreſs the Water in the Pipe,
was equally debilitated with that which
remain'd to preſs upon the ſurface of the
Water in the little Glaſs.Wherefore, in
favor of his Ingenious Conjecture who
aſcrib'd the Phaenomenon, under conſide-
ration to the greater preſſure made upon
the Water by the Air without the Pipe,
then by that within it, (where ſo much of
the Water (conſiſting perhaps of Corpu-
ſcles more pliant to the internal ſurfaces of
the Air) was contiguous to the ſides) it
was ſhown, that in caſe the little Glaſs
Veſſel that held the Water, of which a
part aſcended into the flender Pipe, were
ſo cloſ'd, that a Man might with his mouth
ſuck the Air out of it, the Water would
the aſcenſion we have been ſpeaking of:
But though we imploy'd red Wine in-
ſtead of Water, yet we could fearce cer-
tainly perceive thorow ſo much Glaſs, as
was interpoſ'd betwixt our Eyes and the
Liquor, what happen'd in a Pipe ſo flen-
der, that the redneſs of the Wine was
ſcarce ſenſible in it.But as far as we could
diſcern, there happen'd no great altera-
tion to the Liquor: which ſeem'd the leſs
ſtrange, becauſe the Spring of that Air
that might depreſs the Water in the Pipe,
was equally debilitated with that which
remain'd to preſs upon the ſurface of the
Water in the little Glaſs.Wherefore, in
favor of his Ingenious Conjecture who
aſcrib'd the Phaenomenon, under conſide-
ration to the greater preſſure made upon
the Water by the Air without the Pipe,
then by that within it, (where ſo much of
the Water (conſiſting perhaps of Corpu-
ſcles more pliant to the internal ſurfaces of
the Air) was contiguous to the ſides) it
was ſhown, that in caſe the little Glaſs
Veſſel that held the Water, of which a
part aſcended into the flender Pipe, were
ſo cloſ'd, that a Man might with his mouth
ſuck the Air out of it, the Water would