Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 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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              with a great noiſe that much ſurpriſed all
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              that were in the Room. </s>
              <s>But it ſeem'd
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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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              ſo forcibly againſt the Neighboring ſide
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              of the Receiver, as to break that too. </s>
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              <s>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. </s>
              <s>But yet that it be not
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              ſuſpected that chance had an intereſt in ſo </s>
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