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

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              ſubtle Fumes (for the moſt part not aque­
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              ous neither) into which the Fire it ſelf
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              ſhatters dry Bodies, have no ſuch Spring
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              in them as the Air, ſince they were unable
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              to hinder or repreſs the expanſion of the
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              Air included in the Bladder they ſurroun­
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              <s>I remember indeed that the Learned
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              Foſephus Acoſta,
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              in his Hiſtory of the
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              Weſt Indies,
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              tells us, That he ſaw in thoſe
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              parts ſome Grates of Iron ſo ruſted and
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              conſum'd by the Air, that the Metal be­
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              ing preſſ'd between the Fingers, diſſolv'd
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              (to uſe his words) to powder, as if it had
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              been Hay or parched Straw. </s>
              <s>And I re­
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              member too, that the accurate
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              Varenius
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              tells us, That in the Iſlands commonly
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              called
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              Azores,
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              the Air (and Wind) is ſo
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              ſharp, that in a ſhort time it frets not only
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              Iron Plates, but the very Tiles upon the
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              Roofs of Houſes, and reduces them to
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              duſt. </s>
              <s>And I have elſewhere mention'd
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              ſome recent Obſervations of this kinde.
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              <s>But it may be ſaid, That the above-men­
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              tion'd Authors aſcribe the recited effects
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              chiefly to the Winds, and that however
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              the corroſion of the Iron and the Tiles
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              may proceed not from the Air it ſelf, or
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              any of its genuine parts, but from ſome </s>
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