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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Ingenious men; ſo, if I have not been
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much flattered, I may hope that the vari
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ous hints to be met with in the following
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Letter, will (at leaſt) ſomewhat awaken
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mens thoughts, & excite them to new ſpecula
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tions (ſuch as perhaps even inquiſitive men
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would ſcarce elſe light upon) and I need not
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deſpair, that even the examination of ſuch
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new Suſpicions and Enquiries will hence al
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ſo, at leaſt Occaſionally be facilitated: I
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ſaid Occaſionally, becauſe it being, as 'tis
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Facile Inventis addere.
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It ſeems not irrational to expect, that our
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whoſe contrivances may eaſily either correct
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or ſupply, and conſequently ſurpaſs many of
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larly, if Men by skill and patience can ar
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rive both to evacuate ſuch Receivers as
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ours, till there be no more Air left in them,
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then there ſeems to have remain'd in the
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Glaſſes made uſe of about the Magdebur
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gick Experiment (hereafter to be mention
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