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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may ſeem a ſtrange proof of the ſtrength of
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the ſpring of Air, ev'n when rarified, yet it
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will ſcarce ſeem incredible to him that has
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obſerv'd how exceeding ſtrong a coheſion
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lacertorum ſuorum robur: jactanti propo
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ſita ſemel eſt lamina ærea, per anſam in
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medio extantem apprehenſam elevanda è
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tabula marmorea, cui optime congruebat:
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qui primo tanquam rem ludicr am puero
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committendam contempſit: tum inſtanti
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bus amicis manum utrámque admovens,
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cum luctatus diu hærentem non removiſſet,
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excuſavit impotentiam, objecta perigrini
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& potentiſsimi glutinis interpoſitione, quo
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fortiſsime copulante nequiret divelli; do
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nec vidit ab alio per tabulam facilimè lami
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nam deduci, & ad extrema product am, &
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actam in tranſverſum inàe deportari.
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