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

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              ſame ſcale, did againe very much pre-
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              ponderate.</s>
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              Experi-
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              ment 36.
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              <s>We likewiſe convey'd into the Re-
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              ceiver, the ſame bubble, open'd at
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              the end of the flender pipe above men-
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              tioned, but having drawne out the aire,
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              after the accuſtomed manner, we found
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              not as before, the bubble to out-weigh
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              the oppoſite lead, ſo that by the help
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              of our Engine, we can weigh the Aire,
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              as we weigh other Bodies, in its na-
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              turall or ordinary conſiſtence, without
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              at all condenſing it: Nay, which is re-
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              markable, having convey'd a Lamb's
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              bladder about halfe full of Aire into the
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              Receiver, wee obſerved, that though
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              upon the drawing out of the ambient
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              aire the impriſoned Air ſo expended
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              it ſelf, as to diſtend the Bladder ſo, as to
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              ſeem ready to break it, yet this rarified
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              Air did manifeſtly depreſs the Scale
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              whereunto it was annexed.</s>
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              <s>Another thing, we muſt not forget to
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              mention, that happend to us, whil'ſt we were
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              making tryals concerning the weight of the
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              Air; namely, That having once cauſ'd the</s>
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