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

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1 more by its own dilatation, which en-
creaſ'd proportionably to the exſuction
that was made of the Air out of the Re-
ceiver.
So that at length the Water in
the ſhorter Leg of the Siphonwas re-
duc'd partly by the extraction of the am-
bient Air, and partly by the expanſion
of the great Bubble at the upper part of
the Siphon, to be but about a Foot high,
if ſo much; wherby it came to paſs,
that the courſe of the Water in the Si-
phon was interrupted, and that which re-
main'd in the longer Leg of it, continu'd
ſuſpended there without dropping any
longer.
But upon the turning of the
Stop-cock, the outward Air (being t
into the Receiver) got into the Siphon by
the little hole at which the Water former-
ly dropt out; and traverſing all the in-
cumbent Cylinder of Water, in the form
of Bubbles, joyn'd it ſelf with that Air
that before poſlongs;eſlongs;'d the top of the Si-
phon.
To prevent the inconveniences ariſing
from theſe Bubbles, two Glaſs Pipes, like
the former; were ſo placed; as to termi-
nate together in the midſt of the Belly of
a Glaſs Viol, into whoſe Neck they
were carefully faſtned with Cement; and

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