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

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              point of health, from having much to do
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              with ſteams of ſo dangerous a nature, as by
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              that of the Ingredients of this Liquor
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              theſe ſeem likely to be of. </s>
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              <s>The Reflections that may be made up­
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              on this Experiment, we have not now the
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              leaſure to proſecute, and therefore ſhall
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              content our ſelves to recommend the ſe­
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              veral Circumſtances of it to Your Lord­
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              ſhips ſerious conſideration; and to take
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              notice
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              (en paſſant)
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              that ſteams in an am­
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              bient Body, or a medium thinner then
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              themſelves, may both tend downwards,
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              and otherwiſe emulate the nature of a
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              Liquor; which I therefore point at, that
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              it may appear the leſs ſtrange, if we ſome­
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              times ſpeak of the Atmoſphere as of a
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              kinde of Liquor, in compariſon of that
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              more thin and ſubtle Celeſtial Matter that
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              ſurrounds it. </s>
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              <s>And though it might perchance ſuf­
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              fice to have on this occaſion intima­
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              ted thus much; yet, leſt this way
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              of ſpeaking of the Atmoſphere ſhould
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              be thought too bold and extra­
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              vagant, I am content to borrow an
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              Experiment of the Diſcourſe former-</s>
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