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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of the ambient Air, though not by far ſo
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great a one as might have been made by
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the Engine; and notwithſtanding the in
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conſiderable diſſipation of the parts of the
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Iron, the ſurrounding ſides of the Recei
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ver were ſenſibly, and almoſt offenſively
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heated by it; inſomuch that a pretty while
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after the Iron was taken out, the ſides of
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the Glaſs manifeſtly retain'd a warmth:
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which would not be unfit to be conſider'd
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by a Perſon at more leaſure then I am
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thing that would not cheriſh much
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Fire at once, and would keep Fire much
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Match, ſuch as Souldiers uſe, of the thick
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neſs of a Mans little Finger, or ſomewhat
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thicker; and this being well lighted at
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one end, was by a ſtring ſuſpended with
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that end downwards in the cavity of the
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Receiver which was immediately cloſ'd:
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And yet by that time it could well be ſo,
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the copious Fumes of the Match had neer
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fore, leſt the Veſſel ſhould be endanger'd,
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