Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 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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              were perhaps made in ſome warmer time
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              of the Year. </s>
              <s>But I think it were not a­
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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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              the Weather. </s>
              <s>And I would give ſome­
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              thing of value to know the weight of ſuch
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              an
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              Æolipile
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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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              Hollanders,
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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. </s>
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              <s>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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              difficult preciſely to define of what height </s>
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