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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other pneumatical Engines wherein the
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Air has been compreſſ'd, and its Springs
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violently bent by an apparent externall
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force; upon the removall of which, 'tis
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no wonder that the Air ſhould, by the
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motion of reſtitution, expand it ſelf till
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it have recovered its more natural dimen
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ſions: whereas in our above-mentioned
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firſt Experiment, and in almoſt all others
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tryable in our Engine, it appears not
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notice, that of whatever nature the Air,
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very remote from the Earth, may be, and
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whatever the Schools may confidently
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teach to the contrary, yet we have divers
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Experiments to evince, that the Atmoſ
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phere we live in is not (otherwiſe then
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comparatively to more ponderous Bodies)
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light, but heavy: And did not their
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gravity hinder them, it appears not why
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the ſteams of the Terraqueous Globe, of
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which our Air in great part conſiſts,
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ſhould not riſe much higher then the Re
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fraction of the Sun, and other Stars
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give men ground to think, that the At
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