Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 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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              now. </s>
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              <s>BEing willing to try after this ſome­
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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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              longer then a Coal. </s>
              <s>We took a piece of
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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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              fill'd and darken'd the Receiver. </s>
              <s>Where­
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              fore, leſt the Veſſel ſhould be endanger'd,
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              the Pump was nimbly ply'd, and a great </s>
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