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

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              power in the Water, it may be ſaid that
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              the ſwelling of the compreſſ'd Water in
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              the Pewter Veſſel lately mention'd, and
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              the ſpringing up of the Water at the hole
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              made by the Needle, were not the effects
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              of any internal
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              Elater
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              of the Water, but
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              of the ſpring of the many little particles
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              of Air diſperſ'd through that Water, and
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              acting upon it in their ſudden recovering
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              themſelves to a greater extent, then that
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              to which a violent compreſſion had re­
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              duc'd them. </s>
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              <s>But though, from all theſe particulars,
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              it ſeems manifeſt that the bubbles we have
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              been all this while treating of, were pro­
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              duc'd by ſuch a ſubſtance as may be pro­
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              perly enough call'd Air; yet till we ſhall
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              have had the opportunity of making
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              ſome further tryals concerning the nature
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              of the Air, we ſhall not reſolutely deter­
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              mine whether or no Air be a Primogenial
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              Body (if I may ſo ſpeak) that cannot
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              now be generated or turn'd either into
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              Water or any other Body. </s>
              <s>Yet in the
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              mean while (becauſe it is an important
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              Queſtion, and if rightly determin'd, may
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