Boyle, Robert - New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects

Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 1660

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have occaſion to make uſe of them in my o-
ther Writings: That in divers caſes I
thought it neceſſary to deliver things cir-
cumſtantially, that the Perſon I addreſſed
them to, might without miſtake, and with
as little trouble as is poſsible, be able to re-
peat ſuch unuſual Experiments: and that
after I conſented to let my Obſervations be
made publick, the moſt ordinary Reaſon of
my prolixity was, That foreſeeing that ſuch
a trouble as I met with in making thoſe try-
als carefully, and the great expence of time
that they neceſſarily require, (not to mention
the charges of making the Engine, and im-
ploying a man to manage it) will probably
keep moſt men from trying again theſe Ex-
periments; I thought I might doe the gene-
rality of my Readers no unacceptable pe[...]ce
of ſervice, by ſo punctually relating what
I carefully obſerv'd, that they may look up-
on theſe Narratives as ſtanding Records in
our new Pneumaticks, and need not reite-
rate themſelves an Experiment to have as
diſtinct an Idea of it, as may ſuffice them
to ground their Reflections and Speculations
upon.

And becauſe ſometimes 'tis the Diſcourſe
made upon the Experiment that makes it
appear prolix, I have commonly left a con-

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