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

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1cloſe themſelves, and to increaſe as the
preſſure of the Air in the Receiver de­
creaſ'd.
But whereas in the firſt men­
tion'd Philoſophical Egge the bubbles
were very ſmall, and never able to ſwell
the Water, that we took notice of, at all
above the mark: In the other, whoſe
Neck, as we lately ſaid, was ſtraightned,
and their paſſage obſtructed, great num­
bers of them, and bigger, faſtned them­
ſelves to the lower end of the Glaſs ram­
mer (if we may ſo call it) and gather'd in
ſuch numbers between that and the ſides
of the Neck, that the Water ſwell'd a­
bout a Fingers breadth above the mark,
though upon the admitting of the exter­
nal Air it relapſ'd to the former mark, or
rather fell ſomewhat below it.
And al­
though thereupon in the firſt nam'd Veſ­
ſel all the bubbles preſently diſ-appear'd,
yet in the other we obſerv'd, that divers
remained faſtned to the lower part of the
Glaſs rammer, and continued there ſome­
what to our wonder, for above an hour
after, but contracted in their Dimen­
ſions.
Moreover, having ſuffered the Glaſſes
to remain above twenty four hours in the

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