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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ſaline Corpuſcles diſperſ'd through the
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Air, and driven by the Winds againſt the
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ſuch volatile Salts may copiouſly aſcend
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into the Air, and yet retain their Nature,
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as doth the more fixt Salt in the Sea Wa
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ter, the ſublimations of
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that I have ſhown ſome Friends a ſecret
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kinde of ſaline Subſtance incomparably
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ſubtler then
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which did
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not onely eaſily enough aſcend it ſelf, but
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carried up with it (and that in a very great
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proportion) the ſolid and ponderous Bo
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dy ev'n of uncalcin'd Gold in the form of
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ſubtle exhalations, which did afterwards
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faſten themſelves to the upper parts of
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the Veſſels, and yet manifeſt themſelves
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to continue Gold. </
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that to try whether Water could be turn'd
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into Air, we once took an
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Æolipile,
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into
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which we had before convey'd ſome Wa
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when the heat forc'd out a vehement
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ſtream of aqueous Vapors; we ty'd about
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the neck of it, that of a Bladder, which
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we had before empty'd of Air; and find
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ing the
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after a while to blow up
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