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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bubles as was poſſible ſhould be left in the
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Cylindrical Box (inſtead of which we now
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into the Receiver, and then, by means of
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Diachylon; and the round chink, betwixt
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the Cover and the Receiver, was likewiſe
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