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

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              <s>WE took a Glaſs Viol able to hold
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              three or four Ounces of Water,
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              and of the thickneſs uſual in Glaſſes of
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              that ſize; into the Neck of this was put
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              a moderately ſlender Pipe of Glaſs, which
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              was carefully faſten'd with a mixture of e­
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              qual parts of Pitch and Roſin to the Neck
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              of the Viol, and which reach'd almoſt to
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              the bottom of it, as the ſixth Figure de­
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              clares. </s>
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              Experi­
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              <s>This Viol being upon a particular de­
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              ſign fill'd with Water, till that came up in
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              it a pretty deal higher then the lower end
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              of the Pipe, was put into one of our ſmall
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              Receivers, (containing between a Pint
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              and a Quart) in ſuch manner as that the
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              Glaſs Pipe, paſſing through a hole made
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              purpoſely for it in the Leaden-Cover of
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              the Receiver, was for the moſt part of it
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              without the Veſſel, which being exactly
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              cloſed, the Pump was ſet awork: But at
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              the very firſt exſuction, and before the
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              Sucker was drawn to the bottom of the
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              Cylinder, there flew out of the Viol a
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              piece of Glaſs half as broad as the Palm
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              of a Mans Hand, and it was thrown out
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              with ſuch violence, that hitting againſt </s>
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