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

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              reſt of the Pipe, whoſe bore was about
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              /4
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              of an Inch. </s>
              <s>The whole Siphon made
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              up of theſe ſeveral pieces put together,
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              was deſign'd to be about a Foot and a
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              half long; that the remaining Air, when
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              the Veſſel was exhauſted after the wont­
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              ed manner, might not be able to impell
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              the Water to the top of the
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              Siphon;
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              which being inverted, was fill'd with Wa­
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              ter, and of which the Shorter leg being
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              let down two or three Inches deep into a
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              Glaſs Veſſel full of Water, and the up­
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              per parts of it being faſten'd to the inſide
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              of the Cover of the Receiver, we pro­
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              ceeded to cloſe firſt, and then to empty
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              the Veſſel. </s>
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              Experi­
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              ment
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              35.</s>
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              <s>The effect of the tryal was this, that
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              till a pretty quantity of Air had been
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              drawn out, the Water dropp'd freely out
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              at the lower end of the lower leg of the
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              Siphon,
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              as if the Experiment had been
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              performed in the free Air. </s>
              <s>But afterwards,
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              the Bubbles (as had been apprehended)
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              began to diſcloſe themſelves in the Wa­
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              ter, and aſcending to the top of the
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              Si­
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              phon,
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              imbodyed themſelves there into
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              one, which was augmented little by little
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              by the riſing of other bubbles that from
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              time to time broke into it, but much </s>
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