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

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              time, perceiving by Letters from ſome
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              other Ingenious Perſons at
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              Paris,
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              that ſe­
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              veral of the
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              Virtuoſi
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              there, were very
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              intent upon the examination of the Inte­
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              reſt of the Ayr, in hindring the deſcent
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              of the Quick-ſilver, in the famous Expe­
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              riment touching a
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              Vacuum:
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              I thought I
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              could not comply with your Deſires in a
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              more fit and ſeaſonable manner, then by
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              proſecuting and endeavoring to promote
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              that noble Experiment of
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              Torricellius:
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              and by preſenting your Lordſhip an ac­
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              count of my attempts to illuſtrate a ſub­
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              ject, about which, it's being ſo much diſ­
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              courſ'd of where you are, together with
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              your inbred Curioſity, and love of Ex­
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              perimental Learning, made me ſuppoſe
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              you ſufficiently inquiſitive. </s>
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              <s>And though I pretend not to acquaint
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              you, on this occaſion, with any ſtore of
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              new Diſcoveries yet poſſibly I ſhall be ſo
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              happy, as to aſſiſt you to
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              know
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              ſomethings
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              which you did formerly but
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              ſuppoſe;
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              and
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              ſhall preſent you, if not with new Theo­
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              ries, at leaſt with new
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              Proofs
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              of ſuch as
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              are not yet become unqueſtionable. </s>
              <s>And
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              if what I ſhall deliver, have the good for­
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              tune to encourage and aſſiſt you to proſe­
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              cute the Hints it will afford, I ſhall ac-</s>
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