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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tion of gravity betwixt Water and Air,
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Water and Quick-ſilver: And though
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weight of ſeveral Bodies, and caſt their
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Obſervations into Tables, yet we ſhall
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we uſ'd exacter Scales, and a ſomewhat
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