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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no ſuch thing in the world; but that the
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generality of the Pleniſts, (eſpecially till
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of late yeares ſome of them grew more
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in ſo ſtrict
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a Senſe, may appear by the Experiments
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>For when they alleadge (for Inſtance)
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that when a man ſucks Water through a
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long Pipe, that heavy Liquor, contrary
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to its Nature, aſcends into the Sucker's
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mouth, only, to fill up that room made
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by the Dilatation of his Breſt and
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Lungs, which otherwiſe will in part be
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reaſon why if a long Pipe exactly
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clos'd at one end be fill'd top-ful
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of Water, and then inverted, no Liquor
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will fall out of the open Orifice; Or, to
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uſe a more familiar Example, when they
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teach, that the cauſe why in a Gardiner's
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watering Pot ſhap'd conically, or like a
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Sugar-Loaf fill'd with Water, no Liquor
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fals down through the numerous holes
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at the bottome, whilſt the Gardiner keeps
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his Thumb upon the Orifice of the litle
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hole at the top, and no longer, muſt be
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