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

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              then a Crows Quill, that the changes of
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              the Air in that. </s>
              <s>Glaſs Egge might be the
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              more conſpicuous; Then there was con­
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              vey'd into the Glaſs five or ſix Spoon­
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              fulls of Water, part of which, by blow­
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              ing Air into the Egge, was raiſ'd into the
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              above-mention'd ſlender part of the Pipe,
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              ſo that the Water was interpoſ'd between
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              the external Air, and that included in the
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              Egge. </s>
              <s>This Weather-glaſs (delineated
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              in the fourteenth Figure) was ſo plac'd,
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              and cloſ'd up in the cavity of one of our
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              ſmall Receivers, that onely the ſlender
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              part of the Pipe, to the heigth of four
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              or five Inches, paſſing thorow a hole in
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              the Cover, remain'd expoſ'd to the open
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              Air. </s>
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              Experi­
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              ment
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              39.</s>
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              <s>The Pump being ſet a work, upon
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              the Exſuction of the Air, the Water in
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              the Pipe deſcended about a quarter of an
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              Inch, and this upon two or three reitera­
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              ted tryals; which ſeem'd ſufficiently to
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              argue that there was no heat produc'd in
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              the Receiver upon the Exſuction of the
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              Air: For even a little heat would pro­
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              bably have been diſcover'd by that Wea­
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              ther-glaſs, ſince upon the bare applica­
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              tion of my hand to the outſide of the
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              Receiver, the warmth having after ſome </s>
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