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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next Morning, and found the Bladder
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of it, had imbibed ſome of the moiſture
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wherewith the Air (the Seaſon being ve
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ry rainy) did then abound: As Lute
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ſtrings, which are made likewiſe of the
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Membranous parts of Guts, ſtrongly
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wreath'd, are known to ſwell ſo much,
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oftentimes as to break in rainy and wet
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one of the company having a little warm'd
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the Bladder, found it then lighter then
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look'd upon as a bare conjecture, till we
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without removing the Scales or the Co
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ver of the Receiver, we again cauſ'd the
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Air to be drawn out (the weather conti
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ing very moiſt) but found not any manifeſt
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alteration in the ballance; whether be
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cauſe the
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Æquilibrium
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was too far loſt to
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Body leſs apt to be altered by the tempe
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rature of the Air, then was the Bladder;
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we brought the Scales again to an
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