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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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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in his Hiſtory of the
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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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tells us, That in the Iſlands commonly
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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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tion'd Authors aſcribe the recited effects
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chiefly to the Winds, and that however
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