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

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              ted, then neceſſary to be ſo, by him,
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              whoſe buſineſs it is not, in this Letter, to
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              aſſign the adequate cauſe of the Spring of
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              the Air, but onely to manifeſt, That the
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              Air has a Spring, and to relate ſome of
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              its effects. </s>
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              <s>I know not whether I need annex that,
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              though either of the above-mention'd
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              Hypotheſes, and perhaps ſome others,
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              may afford us an account plauſible enough
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              of the Air-ſpring; yet I doubt, whether
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              any of them gives us a ſufficient account
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              of its Nature. </s>
              <s>And of this doubt, I
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              might here mention ſome Reaſons, but
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              that, peradventure, I may (God permit­
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              ting) have a fitter occaſion to ſay ſome­
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              thing of it elſewhere. </s>
              <s>And therefore I
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              ſhould now proceed to the next Experi­
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              ment, but that I think it requiſite, firſt,
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              to ſuggeſt to your Lordſhip what comes
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              into my thoughts, by way of Anſwer to
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              a plauſible Objection, which I foreſee you
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              may make againſt our propoſ'd Doctrine,
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              touching the Spring of the Air. </s>
              <s>For it
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              may be alleadged, that though the Air
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              were granted to conſiſt of Springy Par­
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              ticles (if I may ſo ſpeak) yet thereby
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              we could onely give an account of the
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              Dilatation of the Air in Wine-Guns and </s>
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