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

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              then both the Viols and the Pipes being
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              (which was not the not done without difficulty)
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              totally fill'd with Water, the
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              Siphon
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              deſcrib'd in the fifth Figure, was plac'd
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              with its ſhorter Leg in the Glaſs of Wa-
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              ter, as formerly; and the Experiment be-
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              ing proſecuted after the ſame manner,
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              much more Air then formerly was drawn
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              out, before the Bubbles diſclosing them-
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              ſelves in the Water were able to diſturb
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              the Experiment; becauſe that in the ca-
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              pacity of the Viol there was room enough
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              for them to ſtretch themſelves, without
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              depreſſing the Water below the ends of
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              the Pipes; and, during this time, the
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              Water continued to drop out of the pro-
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              pending Leg of the
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              Siphon
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              <s>But at
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              length the Receiverbeing very much em-
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              pty'd, the paſſage of the Water through
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              the
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              Siphon
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              ceaſ'd, the upper ends of the
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              Pipes beginning to appear a little above
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              the remaining Water in the Viol, whoſe
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              dilated Air appear'd likewiſe to preſs
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              down the Water in the Pipes, and fill the
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              upper part of them.</s>
              <s>And hereby the con-
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              tinuity of the Water, and ſo the Expe-
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              riment it ſelf being interrupted, we were
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              invited to let in the air again, which, ac-
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              cording to its various proportions of</s>
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