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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of that colour to be moſt eaſily kindled)
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& carefully cloſing the Veſſel we brought
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it to a Window at which the Sun, not very
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faire from the Meridian, ſhone in very free
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united the Sun-beames with a burning
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Glaſs upon the combuſtible matter which
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began immediatly to ſend forth a Smoke
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that quickly darkned the Receiver, but
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notwithſtanding all our care and diligence
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the externall Aire got in ſo faſt that after
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diverſe tryals we were fayne to leave off
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lodg'd the combuſtible matter in the ca
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it was almoſt contiguous to that ſide
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thereof that was next the Sun, we did en
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deavor with a pretty large burning Glaſs
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to kindle it, but found, as we fear'd,
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That by reaſon of the thickneſs of the
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Glaſs, (which was alſo of a leſs pure and
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leſs Diaphanous matter then the o
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ther) the Sun-beams thrown in by the
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burning Glaſs, were in their paſſage
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ſo Diſlocated and Scattered (not now to
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