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

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1moſt boundleſs power; we afterwards pur­
poſely try'd this Experiment with ſeveral
Glaſſes ſomewhat thicker then thoſe Vi­
ols, and found the event to verifie our con­
jecture, that it would not ſucceed: for
the Glaſſes were taken out as intire as they
were put in.
And here, My Lord, I hold it not un­
fit, upon occaſion of the mention that
has been made of our having employ'd
ſmall Receivers, and one of them, not­
withſtanding its being crack'd, to annex
theſe two Advertiſements.
Firſt then, beſides the great Pneuma­
tical Glaſs ſo often mention'd, and the
proportionate Stop-cock, we thought fit
to provide our ſelves of ſome ſmall Recei­
vers blown of Cryſtalline Glaſs, of ſeve­
rall Shapes, and furniſhed with ſmaller
Stop-cocks purpoſely made; and this we
did upon hopes that when we had ſur­
mounted the difficulties to be met with in
Cementing the Glaſſes to the Stop­
cocks, and the Pneumatical Veſſels to the
Pump ſo exquiſitely as is requiſite for our
purpoſe, we ſhould from the ſmalneſs of
our Receivers receive a four-fold Advan­
tage.
The firſt, that by reaſon of the
ſlenderneſs of the Veſſels, and their be-

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