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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but that they moved ſome of them up
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they are wont to do, when upon ſuch col
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>We likewiſe cauſ'd a piece of Steel to
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be made of the form and bigneſs of the
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Flint, in whoſe place we put it, and then
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the Piſtol being cock'd and conveyed in
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to the Receiver, the Trigger was pull'd
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after the Air was drawn out: And though
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the place were purpoſely ſomewhat dar
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ken'd, yet there appear'd not upon the
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ſtriking of the two Steels againſt each o
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ther the leaſt ſpark of Fire: Nor did we
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expect any (having before in vain attem
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pted to ſtrike Fire this way in the open
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Air) though we thought fit to make the
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Experiment to undeceive thoſe who fan
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cy in rarified Air, I know not what ſtrange
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diſpoſition, to take Fire upon a much
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ſlighter occaſion then this Experiment
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by the dextrous Colliſion of two har
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den'd pieces of Steel, ſtore of ſparks
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may be ſtruck out: But that was done with
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ſuch vehement percuſſion of the edges of
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the two Steels, as could not well be com
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