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

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              even in our Climate, becauſe that is tem­
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              perate enough; and as far as my obſer­
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              vations aſſiſt me to conjecture, the Air in
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              many other more Northern Countries
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              may be much thicker, and able to ſupport
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              a greater weight: which is not to be
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              doubted of, if there be no miſtake in
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              what is Recorded concerning the
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              Hollan­
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              ders,
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              that were forc'd by the Ice to Win­
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              ter in
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              Nova Zembla,
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              namely, That
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              they found there ſo condenſ'd an Air, that
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              they could not make their Clock goe,
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              ev'n by a very great addition to the
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              weights that were wont to move it. </s>
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              Aere frigi­
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              do exiſtente
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              tardius mo­
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              ventur Au­
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              tomata
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              aere ca
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              ida,
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              adco qui­
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              dem ut Au­
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              tomaton
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              quod Belgæ
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              in Nova
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              Zembla a­
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              gentes in æ­
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              dibus ſuis
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              collocave­
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              runt, omni­
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              no à motis
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              ceſſaverit
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              etſi multo
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              maius toa­
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              dus ei addidiſſent quam antea ferre ſolebat.
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              <s> Varenius Geo: Genevat
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              <s>111. Propo: 7. pag. </s>
              <s>648.</s>
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              <s>I ſuppoſe Your Lordſhip will readily
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              take notice, that I might very eaſily have
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              diſcourſed much more fully and accuratly
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              then I have done, againſt the common o­
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              pinion touching Suction, and touching na­
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              tures hatred of a
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              Vacuum.
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              <s> But I was willing
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              to keep my ſelf to thoſe conſiderations
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              touching theſe matters, that might be ve­
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              rifi'd by our Engine it ſelf, eſpecially, ſince,
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              as I ſaid at firſt, it would take up too much
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              time to inſiſt particularly upon all the Re­
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              flections that may be made even upon our
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              two laſt Experiments. </s>
              <s>And therefore, </s>
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