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

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              the lower parts of the Veſſel, made their
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              way through the Body of the Water, to
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              the top of it, and there brake into the
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              Receiver: And after the Water once ap­
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              pear'd to ſwell, then at each time the Stop­
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              cock was turn'd to let out the air from the
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              Receiver into the Pump, the Water in the
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              Neck of the Glaſs did ſuddenly riſe a­
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              bout the breadth of a Barly-corn in the
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              Neck of the Glaſs, and ſo attain'd, by
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              degrees, to a conſiderable height above
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              the mark formerly mention'd. </s>
              <s>And at
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              length (to make the expanſion of the Wa­
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              ter more evident) the outward Air was
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              ſuddenly let in, and the Water immedi­
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              ately ſubſided and deſerted all the ſpace it
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              had newly gain'd in the Glaſs. </s>
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              <s>And, on this occaſion, it will not per­
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              haps be amiſs to acquaint Your Lordſhip
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              here (though we have already mention'd
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              it in another Paper, to another purpoſe)
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              with another Expedient that we made uſe
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              of two or three years ago, to try whether
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              or no Water had a Spring in it. </s>
              <s>About
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              that time then, That Great and Learned
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              Promoter of Experimental Philoſophy
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              Dr.
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              Wilkins,
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              doing me the Honor to
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              come himſelf, and bring ſome of his in­
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              quiſitive Friends to my Lodging, we </s>
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