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

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              <s>THat the Air has a notable Elaſtical
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              power (whenceſoever that proceeds)
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              we have, I ſuppoſe, abundantly evinc'd,
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              and it begins to be acknowledg'd by the
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              eminenteſt Modern Naturaliſts. </s>
              <s>But whe­
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              ther or no there be in Water ſo much as
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              a languid one, ſeems hitherto to have been
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              ſcarce conſider'd, nor has been yet, for
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              ought I know, determin'd either way by
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              any Writer, which invited us to make the
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              following Experiment. </s>
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              Experi­
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              ment
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              20.</s>
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              <s>There was taken a great Glaſs-bubble,
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              with a long neck; (ſuch as Chymiſts are
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              wont to call a Philoſophical Egg) which
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              being fill'd with common Water till the
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              Liquor reach'd about a ſpan above the
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              bubble, and a piece of Paper being there
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              paſted on, was put unſtop'd into the Re­
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              ceiver, and then the Air was ſuck'd out
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              after the wonted manner. </s>
              <s>The event was
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              this, That a conſiderable part of the Air,
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              pent up in the Receiver, was drawn out
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              before we diſcern'd any expanſion of the
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              Water; but, continuing the labor of
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              pumping, the Water manifeſtly began to
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              aſcend in the ſtem of the Glaſs, and di­
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              vers bubbles looſening themſelves from </s>
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