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

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              gave over, the bubbles riſe almoſt (if
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              not altogether) in as great numbers
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              as ever, inſomuch as none of the various
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              Liquors we tryed either before or ſince,
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              ſeem'd to abound more with Aerial Parti­
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              cles then did this Oyl. </s>
              <s>In which it was
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              further remarkable, that between the time
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              it was ſet into the Receiver, and that at
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              which we could get ready to Pump, it ſub­
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              ſided notably (by gheſs about half an
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              Inch) below the mark it reach'd before it
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              was put in. </s>
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              Experi­
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              24.</s>
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              <s>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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              from the bottom, expanded themſelves
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              exceedingly in their aſcent, and made the
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              Liquor in the Neck to ſwell ſo much by
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              degrees, that at length it divers times ran </s>
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