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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Carteſian
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concerning the Ebbing and
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Des Cartes
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aſcribes to the greater preſſure made upon
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the Air by the Moon, and the Intercur
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rent Ethereal Subſtance at certain times
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the Quick-ſilver in the Tube to move up
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and down ſo uncertainly, by reaſon, as it
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ſeems, of accidental mutation in the Air;
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I ſomewhat doubt whether we ſhall finde
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the Altitude of the Quick-ſilver to vary
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as regularly as the Experiment is ingeni
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Your Lordſhip with; and in the mean
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time take notice, that when we had occa
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ſion to take the Tube out of the Frame
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day, we found the Quick-ſilver in the
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Tube to be above the upper ſurface of
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