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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to be very convex, or ſwelling, in the
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middle; but if you dip the end of a flen-
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der Pipe in it, the ſurface of the Li-
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quor (as 'tis call'd) will be lower within
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, whether, and how far, they may
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be deduc'd from the Figure of the Mer-
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curial Corpuſcles, and the Shape of the
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Springy Particles of the Air, I willingly
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SEveral ways we have met with pro-
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and partly by other ingenious Writers,
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to manifeſt that the Air is not devoid of
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weight; ſome of theſe, require the previ-
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ous abſence of the Air to be weighed;
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and others, the violent condenſation of it.
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the Atmoſphere, or place them in a
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, we might there weigh a parcel of
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Air it ſelf, as here we do other Bodies in
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the Air, becauſe it would there be heavi-
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er then that which ſurrounds it, as are
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groſſer Bodies we commonly weigh, then
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the medium or ambient Air.</
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fore, though we have above declin'd to
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affirm, that our Receiver, when empty-</
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