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

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              the force of his hand would then no lon­
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              ger bend thoſe numerous ſpringy Body's
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              that compoſe the Fleece, yet they would
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              continue as ſtrongly bent as before, be­
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              cauſe the Box they are incloſ'd in would
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              as much reſiſt their re-expanding of
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              themſelves, as did the hand that put them
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              in. </s>
              <s>For thus we may conceive, that the
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              Air being ſhut up, when its parts are bent
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              by the whole weight of the incumbent
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              Atmoſphere, though that weight can no
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              longer lean upon it, by reaſon it is kept
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              off by the Glaſs, yet the Corpuſcles of
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              the Air within that Glaſs continue as
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              forcibly bent as they were before their in­
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              cluſion, becauſe the ſides of the Glaſs
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              hinder them from diſplaying or ſtretch­
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              ing out themſelves. </s>
              <s>And if it be ob­
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              jected that this is unlikely, becauſe ev'n
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              Glaſs bubles, ſuch as are wont to be
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              blown at the flame of a Lamp, exceeding
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              thin and Hermetically ſeal'd will not
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              break; whereas it cannot be imagin'd
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              that ſo thin a Priſon of Glaſs could re­
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              ſiſt the Elaſtical force of all the included
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              Air, if that Air were ſo compreſſ'd as we
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              ſuppoſe. </s>
              <s>It may be eaſily reply'd, That
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              the preſſure of the inward Air againſt the
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              Glaſs, is countervail'd by the equal preſ-</s>
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