Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 1660

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              ved that a great part of the Air being
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              drawn out, the bubbles began to diſcover
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              themſelves at the bottom and ſides of the
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              Glaſs; and increaſing, as the Air was
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              more and more drawn away, they did
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              from time to time aſcend copiouſly e­
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              nough to the top of the Water, and there
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              quickly break: but by reaſon that the
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              wideneſs of the Glaſs allow'd them free
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              paſſage through the Water, they did not
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              appear as in the former Experiments to
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              make it ſwell: The Water ſcarce ever ri­
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              ſing at all above the mark affixt to its up­
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              per ſurface when it was put in, and upon
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              the return permitted to the outward Air,
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              and conſequently the ſhrinking in of the
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              remaining bubbles, the Water ſeem'd to
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              have loſt of its firſt extent, by the avo­
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              lation of the formerly interſperſ'd Air. </s>
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              <s>Being willing likewiſe to try whether
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              diſtilled Water were by having been di­
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              vided into minute parts, and then re-uni­
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              ted, more or leſs diſpoſ'd to expand it
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              ſelf then Water not diſtill'd: We took
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              out of our Laboratory ſome careful­
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              ly diſtill'd Rain-water, and put about
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              two Ounces of it into a round Glaſs </s>
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