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

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              ſtander, thought he perceiv'd ſome new
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              kind of Light in the Receiver, of which
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              giving me haſtily notice, my Friend and
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              I preſently obſerv'd, that when the Suc­
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              ker was drawn down, immediately upon
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              the turning of the Key, there appear'd
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              a kinde of Light in the Receiver, almoſt
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              like a faint flaſh of Lightening in the
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              Day-time, and almoſt as ſuddenly did it
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              appear and vaniſh. </s>
              <s>Having, not with­
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              out ſome amazement, obſerv'd divers
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              of theſe Apparitions of Light, we took
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              notice that the Day was clear, the hour
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              about ten in the Morning, that the onely
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              Window in the Room fac'd the North;
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              and alſo, that by interpoſing a Cloak, or
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              any opacous Body between the Receiver
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              and the Window, though the reſt of the
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              Room were ſufficiently enlightned, yet
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              the flaſhes did not appear as before, un­
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              leſs the opacous Body were remov'd.
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              <s>But not being able on all theſe Circum­
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              ſtances to ground any firm Conjecture
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              at the cauſe of this ſurpriſing
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              Phænome­
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              non,
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              as ſoon as Night was come, we
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              made the Room very dark; and plying
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              the Pump, as in the Morning, we could
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              not, though we often try'd, find, upon
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              the turning of the Key, ſo much as the </s>
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