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

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              the recovery of its former more looſe and
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              free condition, till the Fleece have ei­
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              ther regain'd its former Dimenſions, or
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              at leaſt, approach'd them as near as the
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              compreſſing hand (perchance not quite
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              open'd) will permit. </s>
              <s>This Power of
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              ſelf-Dilatation, is ſomewhat more conſpi­
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              cuous in a dry Spunge compreſſ'd, then
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              in a Fleece of Wooll. </s>
              <s>But yet we ra­
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              ther choſe to imploy the latter, on this
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              occaſion, becauſe it is not like a Spunge,
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              an entire Body, but a number of ſlen­
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              der and flexible Bodies, looſely com­
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              plicated, as the Air it ſelf ſeems to
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              be. </s>
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              <s>There is yet another way to explicate
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              the Spring of the Air, namely, by ſuppo­
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              ſing with that moſt ingenious Gentleman,
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              Monſieur
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              Des Cartes,
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              That the Air is no­
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              thing but a Congeries or heap of ſmall
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              and (for the moſt part) of flexible Parti­
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              cles; of ſeveral ſizes, and of all kinde of Fi­
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              gures which are raiſ'd by heat (eſpecially
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              that of the Sun) into that fluid and
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              ſubtle Etheriall Body that ſurrounds
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              the Earth; and by the reſtleſſe agi­
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              tation of that Celeſtial Matter where­
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              in thoſe Particles ſwim, are ſo whirl'd </s>
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