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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upon the exſuction of the Air one time
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(when the Flame retir'd very leaſurely
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our Receiver as there is wont to be elſe
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where betwixt Candles made of Wax and
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thoſe made of Tallow, as to their dura
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Wax, (commonly called Virgins Wax)
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that being found to burn with much leſs
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ſmoke then common yellow Wax: Six
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of theſe of like bigneſs, and each of them
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of about the thickneſs of a Swans Quill,
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we preſſ'd together into one Candle: And
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having lighted all the Weeks, we let in
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the above-mention'd Wax into the Re
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