Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 1660
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              being barely agitated, diſperſ'd, and con­
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              ſequently otherways rang'd, exhibite a
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              colour, if we were not unwilling to rob
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              our Collection of Experiments concern­
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              ing Colours. </s>
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              <s>But, My Lord, I foreſee You may
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              make ſome Objections againſt our pro­
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              poſed gheſs, which perhaps I ſhall ſcarce
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              be able to anſwer, eſpecially, if You in­
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              ſiſt upon having me render a Reaſon why
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              our
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              Phænomenon
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              appears not conſtant­
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              ly. </s>
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              <s>I might indeed anſwer, that probably
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              it would do ſo, if inſtead of our great
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              Receiver we uſe ſuch a ſmall Viol as we
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              have lat
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              e
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              ly mention'd, wherein the Diſſi­
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              lition of the Air being much greater, is
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              like to be the more conſpicuous: Since I
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              remember not that we ever made our try­
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              al with ſuch ſmall Veſſels, without find­
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              ing the expected whiteneſs to appear. </s>
              <s>But
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              it would remain to be explicated, why in
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              our great Receiver the
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              Phænomenon
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              ſhould
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              ſometimes be ſeen, and oftentimes not ap­
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              pear. </s>
              <s>And though that Conjecture which
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              we laſt made ſhould not be rejected, yet if
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              we were further preſſ'd to aſſign a reaſon
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              why the Air ſhould abound with ſuch Par­
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              ticles, as we there ſuppoſe, more at one </s>
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