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

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              Experiments.</s>
              <s>And this height the Wa-
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              ter reach'd to, though the Pipe were held
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              in as erected a poſture as we could: For if
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              it were inclin'd, the Water would fill a
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              greater part of it, though not riſe higher
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              in it.</s>
              <s>And we alſo found, that when the
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              inſide of the Pipe was wetted before-
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              hand, the Water would riſe much better
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              then otherways: But we cauſ'd not all
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              our flender Pipes to be made ſtraight, but
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              ſome of them crooked, like
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              Siphons
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              : And
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              having immerſ'd the ſhorter Leg of one
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              of theſe into a Glaſs that held ſome fair
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              Water, we found, as we expected, that
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              the Water ariſing to the top of the
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              Si-
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              phon
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              , though that were high enough, did
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              of it ſelf run down the longer Leg, and
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              continue running like an ordinary
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              Siphon
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              .
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              <s>The cauſe of this aſcenſion of the Wa-
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              ter, appear'd to all that were preſent ſo
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              difficult, that I muſt not ſtay to enumerate
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              the various Conjectures that were made
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              at it, much leſs to examine them; eſpe-
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              cially, having nothing but bare Conje-
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              ctures to ſubſtitute in the room of thoſe
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              I do not approve.</s>
              <s>We try'd indeed, by
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              conveying a very flender Pipe and a ſmall
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              Veſſel of Water into our Engine, whe-
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              ther or no the Exſuction of the ambient</s>
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