1the other, fill'd with Quick-ſilver, care
being taken in the filling, that as few
bubles as was poſſible ſhould be left in the
Mercury: Then the Tube being ſtopt
with the Finger and inverted, was open'd,
according to the manner of the Experi
ment, into a ſomewhat long and ſlender
Cylindrical Box (inſtead of which we now
are wont to uſe a Glaſs of the ſame form)
half fill'd with Quick-ſilver: And ſo, the
liquid metal being ſuffered to ſubſide, and
a piece of Paper being paſted on levell
with its upper ſurface, the Box and Tube
and all were by ſtrings carefully let down
into the Receiver, and then, by means of
the hole formerly mention'd to be left in
the Cover, the ſaid Cover was ſlip't along
as much of the Tube as reach'd above the
top of the Receiver; And the Interval,
left betwixt the ſides of the Hole and
thoſe of the Tube, was very exquiſitely
fill'd up with melted (but not over hot)
Diachylon; and the round chink, betwixt
the Cover and the Receiver, was likewiſe
very carefully cloſ'd up: Upon which clo
ſure there appear'd not any change in the
height of the Mercurial Cylinder; no
more, then if the interpoſ'd Glaſs Recei
ver did not hinder the immediate preſſure
being taken in the filling, that as few
bubles as was poſſible ſhould be left in the
Mercury: Then the Tube being ſtopt
with the Finger and inverted, was open'd,
according to the manner of the Experi
ment, into a ſomewhat long and ſlender
Cylindrical Box (inſtead of which we now
are wont to uſe a Glaſs of the ſame form)
half fill'd with Quick-ſilver: And ſo, the
liquid metal being ſuffered to ſubſide, and
a piece of Paper being paſted on levell
with its upper ſurface, the Box and Tube
and all were by ſtrings carefully let down
into the Receiver, and then, by means of
the hole formerly mention'd to be left in
the Cover, the ſaid Cover was ſlip't along
as much of the Tube as reach'd above the
top of the Receiver; And the Interval,
left betwixt the ſides of the Hole and
thoſe of the Tube, was very exquiſitely
fill'd up with melted (but not over hot)
Diachylon; and the round chink, betwixt
the Cover and the Receiver, was likewiſe
very carefully cloſ'd up: Upon which clo
ſure there appear'd not any change in the
height of the Mercurial Cylinder; no
more, then if the interpoſ'd Glaſs Recei
ver did not hinder the immediate preſſure
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