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

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              ſhould deſcend, the Air being unable to
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              ſucceed it, there would be left at the up­
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              per and deſerted part of the Veſſel a
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              Va­
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              cuum,
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              that would be avoided if the hole
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              at the top were open'd. </s>
              <s>When (I ſay)
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              they alleadge ſuch Experiments, the
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              Tendency of them ſeems plainly to im­
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              port, that they mean, by a
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              Vacuum,
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              any
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              ſpace here below that is not fill'd with a
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              viſible body, or at leaſt with Air; though
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              it be not quite devoy'd of all Body what­
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              ſoever. </s>
              <s>For why ſhould Nature, out of
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              her deteſtation of a
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              Vacuum,
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              make Bo­
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              dies act contrary to their own Tendency,
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              that a place may be fill'd with Air, if its
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              being ſo were not neceſſary to the avoi­
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              ding of a
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              Vacuum.
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              <s>Taking then a
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              in this vulgar
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              and obvious ſence, the common opinion
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              about it ſeems lyable to ſeveral Exce­
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              ptions, whereof ſome of the chief are
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              ſuggeſted to us by our Engine. </s>
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              <s>It will not eaſily then be intelligibly
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              made out, how hatred or averſation,
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              which is a paſſion of the Soule, can either
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              for a
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              Vacuum,
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              or any other object, be ſup­
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              pos'd to be in Water, or ſuch like inani­
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              mate Body, which cannot be preſum'd
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              to know when a
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              Vacuum
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              would enſue; if </s>
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