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

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              the Incumbent Mercury. </s>
              <s>Whence I in­
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              ferr'd (as eaſily I might) that, if the Ex­
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              periment could be try'd in our Engine, the
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              Quick-ſilver would ſubſide below 27 Di­
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              gits, in proportion to the exſuction of
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              Air, that ſhould be made out of the Re­
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              ceiver. </s>
              <s>For, as when the Air is ſhut in­
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              to the Receiver, it does (according to
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              what hath above been taught) continue
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              there as ſtrongly compreſſ'd, as it did
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              whil'ſt all the incumbent Cylinder of the
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              Atmoſphere lean'd immediatly upon it;
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              becauſe the Glaſs, wherein it is pent up,
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              hinders it to deliver it ſelf, by an expanſi­
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              on of its parts, from the preſſure where­
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              with it was ſhut up. </s>
              <s>So, if we could per­
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              fectly draw the Air out of the Receiver,
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              it would conduce as well to our purpoſe,
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              as if we were allow'd to try the Experi­
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              ment beyond the Atmoſphere. </s>
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              Experi­
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              17.</s>
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              <s>Wherefore (after having ſurmounted
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              ſome little difficulties which occurr'd at
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              the beginning) the Experiment was made
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              after this manner. </s>
              <s>We took a ſlender and
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              very curiouſly blown Cylinder of Glaſs,
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              of near three Foot in length, and whoſe
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              bore had in Diameter a quarter of an Inch,
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              wanting a hairs breadth: This Pipe being
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              Hermetically ſeal'd at one end, was, at </s>
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