Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 1660
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              vals, or the abſence of the Corrector, gave
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              me the leiſure to exſpaciate upon ſome ſub­
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              ject; yet being oftentimes call'd upon to diſ­
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              patch the Papers to the Preſs, my promiſe,
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              and many unexpected Avocations, obliged
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              me to a haſte, which, though it have detract­
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              ed nothing from the Faithfulneſs of the
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              Hiſtorical part of our Book, has (I fear)
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              been diſadvantageous enough to all the reſt.
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              <s>And I made the leſs ſcruple to let the fol­
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              lowing Papers paſs out of my hands, with
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              all their Imperfections; becauſe, as the
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              publick Affairs, and my own, were then
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              circumſtanc'd, I knew not when (if at all)
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              I ſhould be again in a condition to proſecute
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              Experiments of this kinde; eſpecially,
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              ſince (to omit my being almoſt weary of be­
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              ing, as it were, confin'd to one ſort of Ex­
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              periments) I am pre-ingag'd (if it pleaſe
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              God to vouchſafe me Life and Health) to
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              imploy my firſt leiſure in the publication of
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              ſome other Phyſiological Papers, which I
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              thought 'twould make me much the ſitter to
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              take in hand, if I firſt diſpatch'd all that
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              I had at this time to write touching our
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              Engine.
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              I have this further to adde, by way
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              of Excuſe, That as it has been my deſign
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              in publiſhing theſe Experiments to gratifie
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