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

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              ceiver ſeem more opacous at the very
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              moment of the ruſhing out of the Air:
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              For conſidering that the whiteneſs, whoſe
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              cauſe we enquire of, did but ſometimes ap­
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              pear, it ſeem'd not impoſſible but that at
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              ſuch times the Air in the Receiver might
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              abound with Particles, capable of re­
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              flecting the Light in the manner requiſite
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              to exhibit a white colour, by their being
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              put into a certain unuſual Motion. </s>
              <s>As
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              may be in ſome meaſure illuſtrated by
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              this, That the new motion of the freſhly
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              mention'd Fumes, made the inſide of the
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              Receiver appear ſomewhat darker then
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              before: And partly by the nature of our
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              formerly mention'd ſmoking Liquor,
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              whoſe parts though they ſeem'd tranſpa­
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              rent whil'ſt they compoſ'd a Liquor, yet
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              when the ſame Corpuſcles, upon the un­
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              ſtopping of the Glaſs, were put into a
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              new motion, and diſpoſ'd after a new
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              manner, they did opacate that part of the
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              Air they mov'd in, and exhibited a great­
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              er whiteneſs then that which ſometimes
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              appears in our Pneumatical Veſſel. </s>
              <s>Nor
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              ſhould we content our ſelves with this ſin­
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              gle Inſtance, to manifeſt, That little Bo­
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              dies, which being rang'd after one manner,
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              are Diaphanous and Colourleſs, may, by </s>
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