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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>We choſe then, amongſt thoſe Glaſſes
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which Chymiſts are wont to call Philoſo
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phical Eggs, one that containing about
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nine Ounces of Water, had a Neck of
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as we gheſt, almoſt an Inch at the bot
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tom; which breadth we pitch'd upon for
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a reaſon that will by and by appear: then
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