Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 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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              Bodies it is preſum'd to fret. </s>
              <s>And that
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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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              Sal-Armoniack
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              may ſufficiently evince. </s>
              <s>Not to mention
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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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              Sal-Armoniack,
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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. </s>
              <s>We remember alſo,
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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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              ter, and placing it upon kindled Coals
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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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              Æolipile
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              after a while to blow up
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              the Bladder, we carefully ty'd it again </s>
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