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

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              deſire to ſee this
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              Phænomenon,
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              though he
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              were not then above a Bow-ſhoot off, and
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              made haſte to ſatisfie his Curioſity; yet
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              by that time he was come, the thing he
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              came for was no longer to be ſeen; ſo
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              that having vainly endeavored to exhibit
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              again the
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              Phænomenon
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              in his preſence, I
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              began to apprehend what he might think
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              of me, when unexpectedly the Engine
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              preſented us a flaſh, and after that a ſecond,
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              and as many more, as ſuffic'd to ſatisfie
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              him that we might very well confidently
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              relate, that we have our ſelves ſeen this
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              Phænomenon,
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              though not confidently pro­
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              miſe to ſhew it others. </s>
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              <s>And this unſucceſsfulneſs whereto our
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              Experiment is lyable, being ſuch, that by
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              all our watchfulneſs and tryals, we could
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              never reduce it to any certain Rules or
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              Obſervations; ſince in all conſtitutions
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              of the Weather, times of the Day,
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              &c.
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              it will ſometimes anſwer, and ſometimes
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              diſ-appoint our Expectations; We are
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              much diſcourag'd from venturing to frame
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              an
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              Hypotheſis
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              to give an account of it:
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              which if the Experiment did conſtantly
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              ſucceed, might the more hopefully be at­
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              tempted; by the help of the following
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              Phænomena
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              laid together: ſome of them </s>
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