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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are wont to uſe a Glaſs of the ſame form)
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half fill'd with Quick-ſilver: And ſo, the
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and all were by ſtrings carefully let down
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into the Receiver, and then, by means of
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the hole formerly mention'd to be left in
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the Cover, the ſaid Cover was ſlip't along
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as much of the Tube as reach'd above the
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top of the Receiver; And the Interval,
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left betwixt the ſides of the Hole and
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thoſe of the Tube, was very exquiſitely
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fill'd up with melted (but not over hot)
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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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very carefully cloſ'd up: Upon which clo
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ſure there appear'd not any change in the
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height of the Mercurial Cylinder; no
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