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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ous a Pipe of Lead, as that deſcrib'd by
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our Author, ſince we ſee in the Heads of
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Stills, and the Necks of
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how
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quickly ſuch vapors are even by a very lit
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to this alſo ſomething may be ſpeciouſly
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reply'd; wherefore contenting my ſelf to
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have mention'd our Authors Experiment
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as a plauſible, though not demonſtrative
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proof, that Water may be tranſmuted in
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the third place another Experiment, which
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>We took a clear Glaſs bubble (capable
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of containing by gheſs about three Oun
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ces of Water) with a Neck ſomewhat
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long and wide, of a Cylindrical form;
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this we fill'd with Oyl of Vitriol and fair
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water, of each almoſt a like quantity, and
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caſting in half a dozen ſmall Iron Nails,
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we ſtopt the mouth of the Glaſs (which
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was top-full of Liquor) with a flat piece
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provided for the purpoſe,
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that accommodating it ſelf to the ſurface
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of the water, the Air might be exqui
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ſitely excluded: and ſpeedily inverting
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the Viol, we put the Neck of it into a
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ſmall wide-mouth'd Glaſs that ſtood rea
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