Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 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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              Æolipiles,
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              how
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              quickly ſuch vapors are even by a very lit­
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              tle cold recondenſed into Water. </s>
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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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              to Air. </s>
              <s>We will paſs on to mention in
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              the third place another Experiment, which
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              we try'd in order to the ſame enquiry. </s>
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              <s>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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              of
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              Diapalma
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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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              dy with more of the ſame Liquor in it, to </s>
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