EXPERIMENT VI.
- July 23.* 1.1 GOosberries shut up in Vacuo; and in 2 hours the Mercury ascended 1 Inch.
- July 24 It ascend∣ed to 7 ½
- July 25 It ascend∣ed to 12
- July 26 It ascend∣ed to 17
- July 27 It ascend∣ed to 20
- July 28 It ascend∣ed to 24 ½
- July 29 It ascend∣ed to 30
- July 30 It ascend∣ed to 31 almost
- Some Air, being transmitted out of this into another Recei∣ver, it stood at 26.
- July 31 The height was 35.
- August 1. Some Air got out, and whilst I endeavour'd to stop the Receiver close, the Mercury that was rais'd to 39 Inches, subsided to 30 In∣ches.
- Aug. 2 The height of the Mer∣cury was 39. Some Air being transmitted, it stood at 31.
- Aug. 3 The height of the Mer∣cury was 39
- Aug. 4 The height of the Mer∣cury was 41
- Aug. 5 The height of the Mer∣cury was 43. Air transmitted it stood at 30
- Aug. 6 The height of the Mer∣cury was 43
- Aug. 7 The height of the Mer∣cury was 47
- Aug. 8 The height of the Mer∣cury was 48. Air being transmitted, it sunk to 36.
- Aug. 9 The height of it was 41.
- Aug. 10 The height of it was 47. Air being transmit∣mitted, it stood at 35.
- Aug. 11 The height of it was 38 ½
- Aug. 12 The height of it was 42 The Air was drawn out, and the Mercury was 26 Inches high.
- Aug. 13 The height of it was 33
- Aug. 14 The height of it was 36
- Aug. 15 The height of it was 39
- Aug. 16 The height of it was 41 ½
- Aug. 17 The height was 44
- Aug. 11 The height was 47
- Aug. 19 The height was 50
The Air being transmitted, and the Goos∣berries taken out, they had lost their Colour, and almost all their Acidity. They produced Air very regularly, except a little faster, when some part had been drawn out.