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

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              rations have a notable and manifeſt ſhare
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              in thoſe obvious effects, that men have
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              already been invited to aſcribe thereunto
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              ſuch as are the various diſtempers inci­
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              dent to humane Bodies, eſpecially if cra­
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              zy, in the Spring, the Autumn, and alſo
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              on moſt of the great and ſudden changes
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              of Weather) but likewiſe, that the fur­
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              ther diſcovery of the nature of the Ayr,
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              will probably diſcover to us, that it con­
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              curs more or leſs to the exhibiting of ma­
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              ny
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              Phænomena,
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              in which it hath hither­
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              to ſcarce been ſuſpected to have any inte­
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              reſt. </s>
              <s>So that a True Account of any
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              Experiment that is New concerning a
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              thing, wherewith we have ſuch conſtant
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              and neceſſary intercourſe, may not one­
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              ly prove of ſome advantage to humane
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              Life, but gratifie Philoſophers, by pro­
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              moting their Speculations on a Subject
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              which hath ſo much opportunity to ſolli­
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              cite their Curioſity. </s>
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              <s>And I ſhould immediately proceed to
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              the mention of my Experiments, but that
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              I like too well that worthy ſaying of the
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              Naturaliſt
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              Pliny, Benignum eſt
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              & plenum ingenui pudor is, fateri
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              per quos profeceris,
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              not to con­
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              form to it, by acquainting your Lord-</s>
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