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

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              ver two black ſquare marbles (the one of
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              two inches and a third in length or
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              breadth, and ſomewhat more than halfe
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              an inch in thickneſs: The other of the ſame
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              extent, but not much above halfe ſo
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              thick) faſten'd together by the interven­
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              tion of pure Spirit of Wine; and having
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              ſuſpended the thicker by a ſtring from the
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              cover, we found not that the exſuction of
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              the ambient Air would ſeparate them,
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              though a weight amounting to four oun­
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              ces were faſten'd to the lowermoſt mar­
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              ble to facilitate it's falling off. </s>
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              Experi­
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              ment
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              31,</s>
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              <s>I would gladly have the Experiment
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              try'd with marble ſo well polliſh't as to
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              need no Liquor whatſoever to make them
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              cohere, and in a Veſſel out of which the
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              Air may be more perfectly drawn than it
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              was out of ours. </s>
              <s>But in the mean time
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              though we will not determin whether the
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              Spirit of wine did contribute to the ſtrong
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              coheſion of theſe ſtones, otherwiſe than
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              by keeping ev'n the ſubtl'ſt parts of the
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              Air from getting in between them, yet it
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              ſeemed that the not falling downe of the
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              lowermoſt marble might without impro­
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              bability be aſcrib'd to the preſſure of the
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              Air remaining in the Receiver; which as
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              we formerly noted having been able </s>
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