1continu'd ſuſpended, began freely to drop
down again as formerly. And if you
take a Glaſs Pipe, whether it be in the
form of a Siphon, or no, that being for
the moſt part of the thickneſs of a Mans
Finger, is yet towards one end ſo ſlen
der, as to terminate in a hole almoſt as
ſmall as a Horſe-hair; and if you fill this
Pipe with Water, you will finde that Li
quor to drop down freely enough tho
row the ſlender Extream: But if you then
invert the Pipe, you will finde that the
Air will not eaſily get in at the ſame hole
through which the Water paſſ'd. For in
the ſharp end of the Pipe, ſome Inches
of Water will remain ſuſpended, which
'tis probable would not happen, if the
Air could get in to ſucceed it, ſince if the
hole were a little wider, the Water would
immediatly ſubſide. And though it be
true, that if the Pipe be of the length of
many Inches, a great part of the Wa
ter will run down at the wider Orifice, yet
that ſeems to happen for ſome other rea
ſon, then becauſe the Air ſucceeds it at
the upper and narrow Orifice, ſince all the
ſlender part of the Pipe, and perhaps
ſome Inches more, will continue full of
Water.
down again as formerly. And if you
take a Glaſs Pipe, whether it be in the
form of a Siphon, or no, that being for
the moſt part of the thickneſs of a Mans
Finger, is yet towards one end ſo ſlen
der, as to terminate in a hole almoſt as
ſmall as a Horſe-hair; and if you fill this
Pipe with Water, you will finde that Li
quor to drop down freely enough tho
row the ſlender Extream: But if you then
invert the Pipe, you will finde that the
Air will not eaſily get in at the ſame hole
through which the Water paſſ'd. For in
the ſharp end of the Pipe, ſome Inches
of Water will remain ſuſpended, which
'tis probable would not happen, if the
Air could get in to ſucceed it, ſince if the
hole were a little wider, the Water would
immediatly ſubſide. And though it be
true, that if the Pipe be of the length of
many Inches, a great part of the Wa
ter will run down at the wider Orifice, yet
that ſeems to happen for ſome other rea
ſon, then becauſe the Air ſucceeds it at
the upper and narrow Orifice, ſince all the
ſlender part of the Pipe, and perhaps
ſome Inches more, will continue full of
Water.