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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the Neighboring ſide of the Receiver, it
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not onely dafh'd it ſelf to pieces, but
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crack'd the very Receiver in many places,
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that in ſo little a Receiver, the Air about
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the Viol being ſuddenly drawn out, the
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Air Impriſon'd in the Veſſel, having on
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it the whole preſſure of the Atmoſphere
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(to which by the Pipe open at both ends,
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It and the Water were expoſ'd) and not
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having on the other ſide the wonted preſ
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ſure of the Ambient Air to ballance that
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other preſſure, the reſiſtance of the Glaſs
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was finally ſurmounted, and the Viol once
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beginning to break where it was weakeſt,
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the external Air might ruſh in with vio
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lence enough to throw the crack'd parcel
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>And this may be preſumed ſufficient to
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verifie what we delivered in that part of
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our Appendix to the firſt Experiment,
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where we mention'd the almoſt equal
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preſſure of the Air on either ſide of a
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thin Glaſs Veſſel, as the cauſe of its not
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being broken by the forcible Spring of
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the contain'd Air. </
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