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

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              firſt we thought might be ſome ſtain up­
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              on the Glaſs; but after, finding it to
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              be in divers Qualities like the Oyl,
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              and Salt of the Concrete we were Di­
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              ſtilling, we began to ſuſpect that the
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              moſt ſubtle and fugitive parts of the im­
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              petuouſly aſcending Steams, had pene­
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              trated the ſubſtance (as they ſpeak) of
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              the Glaſs, and by the cold of the am­
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              bient Air were condenſ'd on the ſur­
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              face of it. </s>
              <s>And though we were ve­
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              ry backward to credit this ſuſpition, and
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              therefore call'd in an Ingenious Perſon
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              or two, both to aſſiſt us in the Ob­
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              ſervation, and have Witneſs of its e­
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              vent, we continued a while longer to
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              watch the eſcape of ſuch unctuous Fumes,
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              and upon the whole matter unanimouſly
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              concluded, That all things conſider'd,
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              the ſubtle parts of the diſtill'd matter
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              being violently agitated, by the exceſ­
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              ſive heat had paſſ'd through the Pores
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              of the Glaſs, widen'd by the ſame heat.
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              <s>But this having never happen'd but
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              once in any of the Diſtillations we have
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              either made or ſeen, though theſe be
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              not a few, it is much more reaſonable
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              to ſuppoſe, that the perviouſneſs of
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              our Receiver to a Body much more </s>
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