Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 1660

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              I could not pierce into the cavity of the
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              Receiver) that we could not poſſibly u­
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              nite enough of them to kindle the matter,
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              nor ſo much as to make it ſenſibly ſmoke.
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              <s>Yet we hope that the ſeeing whether Bo­
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              dies (other then Gun-powder) may be
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              kindled, and what would happen to them
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              when ſet on fire, in a place in great mea­
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              ſure devoid of Air, may prove ſo Lucife­
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              rous an Experiment, that when the Sea­
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              ſon is more favorable we ſhall, God per­
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              mitting, make further tryal of it, and ac­
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              quaint Your Lordſhip with the Event, if
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              it prove proſperous. </s>
              <s>In the mean time
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              we ſhall paſs on to other Experiments,
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              aſſoon as we have advertiſ'd Your Lord­
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              ſhip that we have forborn to make ſuch
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              Reflections upon the ſeveral Experiments
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              we have ſet down concerning Fire, as the
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              matter would have eaſily enough afford­
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              ed, and Your Lordſhip may perhaps have
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              expected. </s>
              <s>But I made the leſs ſcruple to
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              forbear the annexing of Speculations to
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              theſe Recitals, becauſe
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              Carneades
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              Eleu­
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              therius
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              have in ſome Dialogues concern­
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              ing Heat and Flame, which were laſt year
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              ſeen by ſome Friends, and may be, when
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              you pleaſe, commanded by You, men-</s>
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