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

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              through the Air, and play up and down in
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              the capacity of an Alembick or a Recei­
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              ver: yet will they, after a while, faſten
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              themſelves to the inſides of ſuch Glaſſes
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              <s>Beſides, ſince Air is confeſſedly en­
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              dow'd with an Elaſtical power that proba­
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              bly proceeds from its Texture, it appears
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              not what it is that in ſuch light alterations
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              of Water, as are by many preſum'd ca­
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              pable of turning it into Air, can be rea­
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              ſonably ſuppoſ'd ſo to contrive the Parti­
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              cles of Water, as to give them, and that
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              permanently, the ſtructure requiſite to a
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              Spring. </s>
              <s>I adde the word, Permanently,
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              becauſe the newly mention'd obſervations
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              ſeem to argue the Corpuſcles of Air to
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              be irreducible into Water, whereas the
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              Aqueous Particles may perhaps for a
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              while be ſo vehemently agitated, as to
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              preſs almoſt like Springs upon other Bo­
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              dies; yet upon the ceaſing of the agitati­
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              on, they quickly, by relapſing into Wa­
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              ter, diſcloſe themſelves to have been no­
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              thing elſe whil'ſt they counterfeited the
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              Air. </s>
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              <s>Laſtly, The Experiment formerly made
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              in our Engine with a piece of Match,
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              ſeems to evince, that even thoſe light and </s>
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