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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tall, as the Glaſs-men ſpeak, then the
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that this nimble exſuction of the ambient
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Air would make many changes in the
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we were not much diſ-appointed in the
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expectation of the three firſt advantages,
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in fitting together the Glaſſes, the Stop
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cocks and the Covers; beſides this I ſay,
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we found our ſelves ſeldom able to draw,
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and keep out the Air ſo far as to make the
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remaining Air in theſe Receivers weaker
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