Ultimately, a weight is to be attached to the wire, so that is pulls down in an attempt to pull the top of the wooden cylinder within the glass cylinder away from the water within it (pgs. 14-15). He concludes that, if the wooden cylinder does not separate from the water, it is because of the force of nature rejecting the creation of a vacuum, and if the glass breaks after adding more weight, then the vacuum only accounts for a part of the resistance. Sagredo claims to reach clarity after the explanation