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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employ'd to fill up the little Crannies left
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betwixt them, were conſiderable in this
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Experiment; by which may among other
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things appear, that I did not without
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cauſe in the above-nam'd Diſcourſe touch
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ing Fluidity and Firmneſs, aſcribe a great
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force, ev'n to ſuch Pillars of Air as may
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be ſuppoſ'd to begin at the top of the
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Atmoſphere, and recoyling from the
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ground to terminate on the Bodies on
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which they preſs: ſince in the preſent Ex
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periment ſuch a weight was ſupported by
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ſo ſlender a Cylinder of Air, rebounding
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able to empty ſo great a Veſſel as our
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Receiver, ſo well as we can the Cylinder
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it ſelf; our Pump alone may afford us a
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nobler inſtance of the fotce of the Air we
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live in, inſomuch, that by help of this
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part of our Engine, we may give a pretty
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near gheſs at the ſtrength of the Atmo
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way may be this; Firſt, the Sucker be
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