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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the Tricker one end of a ſtring, whoſe
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other end was faſten'd to the Key former
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the Piſtol, together with the annexed
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Staff, into the Veſſel: which being cloſ'd
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up, and empty'd after the uſual man
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ner, we began to turn the Key in the
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Cover; and thereby ſhortning the ſtring
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that reach'd from it to the Piſtol, we
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pull'd aſide the Tricker, and obſerv'd,
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that according to our expectation the
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force of the Spring of the Lock was
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not ſenſibly abated by the abſence of
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the Air. (from whoſe
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yet ſome
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Modern Naturaliſts would derive the
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cauſe of the motion of Reſtitution in
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ſolid Bodies) For the Cock falling
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with its wonted violence upon the Steel,
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ſtruck out of it as many and as conſpi
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cuous parts of Fire, as, for ought we
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whether or no there would appear
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any conſiderable Diverſity in the
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Motion of the ſhining Sparks in a
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place where the remaining Aire was
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