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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any moment that our Obſervations were
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made in the midſt of Winter, whereas his
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miſs that, by the method formerly pro
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poſ'd, the gravity of the Air were ob
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ſerv'd both in ſeveral Countries, and in
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the ſame Country, in the ſeveral Seaſons
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of the Year and differing Temperatures of
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as ours full of air in the midſt
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of Winter in
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Nova Zembla,
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if that be
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true which we formerly took notice of,
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namely, That the
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who Win
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tered there, found that Air ſo thick that
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their Clock would not go. </
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>If Your Lordſhip ſhould now ask me,
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if I could not by the help of theſe, and
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our other Obſervations, decide the Con
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troverſies of our Modern Mathematici
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ans about the height of the Air or Atmo
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ſphere, by determining how high it doth
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indeed reach: I ſhould anſwer, That
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though it ſeems eaſie enough to ſhew that
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divers Famous and Applauded Writers
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have been miſtaken in aſſigning the heigth
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of the Atmoſphere: Yet it ſeems very
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