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

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              to acknowledge the Aſſiſtance, and En­
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              couragement the Report of his perfor­
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              mances hath afforded me. </s>
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              In
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              <s>lib.
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              1.</s>
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              <s>But as few inventions happen to be at
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              firſt ſo compleat, as not to be either ble­
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              miſhd with ſome deficiencies needful to be
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              remedy'd, or otherwiſe capable of im­
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              provement: ſo when the Engine we
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              have been ſpeaking of, comes to be more
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              attentively conſider'd, there will appear
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              two very conſiderable things to be de­
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              ſir'd in it. </s>
              <s>For firſt, the
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              Wind-Pump
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              (as
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              ſome body not improperly calls it) is ſo
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              contriv'd, that to evacuate the Veſſel
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              there is requir'd the continual labor of
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              two ſtrong men for divers hours. </s>
              <s>And
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              next (which is an imperfection of much
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              greater moment) the Receiver, or Glaſs
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              to be empty'd, conſiſting of one entire
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              and uninterrupted Globe and Neck of
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              Glaſs; the whole Engine is ſo made, that
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              things cannot be convey'd into it, where­
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              on to try Experiments: So that there
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              ſeems but little (if any thing) more to be
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              expected from it, then thoſe very few
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              Phænomena
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              that have been already ob­
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              ſerv'd by the Author, and Recorded by
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              Schottus.
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              <s> Wherefore to remedy theſe
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              Inconveniences, I put both Mr.
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              G.
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