Boyle, Robert
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New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects
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1660
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Since in that part of the Atmoſphere we
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live in, that which we call the free Air (and
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preſume to be ſo uncompreſſ'd) is crouded
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into ſo very ſmall a part of that ſpace,
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which if it were not hindred it would poſ
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whether the Air at its greateſt expanſion
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could be further rarified by heat; but do
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what we could, our Receiver leak'd too
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that preſſure of the Air, both the
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ſtrength of Glaſs, and how much inte
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reſt the Figure of a Body may have in its
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greater or leſſer Reſiſtance to the preſſure
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of other Bodys, we made theſe further
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>We cauſ'd to be blown with a Lamp a
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round Glaſs bubble, capable of contain
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ing, by gueſs, about five Ounces of Wa
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ter, with a ſlender neck about the bigneſs
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of a Swans Quill, and it was purpoſely
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blown very thin, as Viols made with
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Lamps are wont to be, that the thinneſs
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of the matter might keep the roundneſs
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