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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deſire to ſee this
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though he
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made haſte to ſatisfie his Curioſity; yet
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that having vainly endeavored to exhibit
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again the
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in his preſence, I
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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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>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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it will ſometimes anſwer, and ſometimes
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diſ-appoint our Expectations; We are
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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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