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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gave over, the bubbles riſe almoſt (if
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>After this expreſſ'd Oyl, we made tryal
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of a diſtill'd one, and for that purpoſe
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made choice of the common Oyl or Spi
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rit (for in the Shops where it is ſold, the
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ſame Liquor is promiſcuouſly call'd by ei
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ther name) of Turpentine; becauſe 'twas
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onely of that Chymical Oyl, we had a
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ſufficient quantity: which, being put in
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to a ſmall Glaſs bubble with a ſlender
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Neck, ſo as to fill it to about two Inches
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from the top, did, upon the evacuating
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of the Receiver, preſent us with great
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ſtore of bubbles; moſt of which riſing
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exceedingly in their aſcent, and made the
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