the space of a Week or Fortnight to reach up within the Glass, to the height of 30 or 40 Inches above the stagnating Water. And the Water rises up to this height by the Action only of those Particles of the Ashes which are upon the Surface of the elevated Water; the Particles which are within the Water, attracting or repelling it as much downwards as upwards. And therefore the Action of the Particles is very strong. But the Particles of the Ashes being not so dense and close together as those of Glass,...

or 40 Inches above the stagnating Water. And the Water rises up to this
height by the Action only of those Particles of the Ashes which are upon
the Surface of the elevated Water; the Particles which are within the
Water, attracting or repelling it as much downwards as upwards. And
therefore the Action of the Particles is very strong. But the Particles