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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ter or aqueous Liquors, but by Inſtances
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Stone-cutter not long ſince complain'd to
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gence of Servants, the Rain being ſuffer
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ed to ſoak into Marble Stones, the ſuper
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vening violent Froſts would burſt the
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Stones, to the Profeſſors no ſmall dam
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man, in whoſe Houſe I had Lodgings, was
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laſt Winter complaining, that even Im
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plements made of Bell-metal, being care
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leſly expoſ'd to the wet, have been broken
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and ſpoil'd by the Water, which, having
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gotten into the little Cavities and Cran
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nies of the Metal, was there afterwards
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theſe Relations, we can adde one of the
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whereby
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they not onely may be confirm'd, but are
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ſurpaſſ'd: For he tells us, That he ſaw a
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huge Veſſel of exceeding hard Marble,
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ſplit aſunder by congel'd Water, whoſe
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Rarefaction, ſays our Author, prov'd ſo
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vehement, that the hardneſs of the Stone
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yielded to it; and ſo a Veſſel was broken,
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