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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ſelf: It conſiſts of two principal parts; a
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glaſs Veſſel, and a Pump to draw the Air
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name, uſed by Chymiſts) conſiſts of a
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contain'd about 30 Wine Quarts, each of
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them containing near two pound (of 16
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Ounces to the pound) of water: We
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more capacious Veſſel, but the Glaſs-men
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profeſſed themſelves unable to blow a
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may obſerve a round hole, whoſe Dia
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meter (B C) is of about four inches; and
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whereof, the Orifice is incircled with a
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lip of Glaſs, almoſt an inch high: For
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