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

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              <s>And on this occaſion I remember, that
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              whereas it appears by our fifth Experi­
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              ment, That the Aërial Corpuſcles (ex­
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              cept perhaps ſome that are extraordinari­
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              ly fine) will not paſſe thorow the Pores
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              of a Lambs Bladder, yet Particles of Wa­
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              ter will, as we have long ſince obſerv'd,
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              and as may be eaſily try'd, by very cloſe­
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              ly tying a little
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              Alcalizate
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              Salt (we uſ'd
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              the Calx of Tartar, made with Nitre)
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              in a fine Bladder, and dipping the lower
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              end of the Bladder in Water; for if you
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              hold it there for a competent while, you
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              will finde that there will ſtrain thorow the
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              Pores of the Bladder Water enough to
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              diſſolve the Salt into a Liquor. </s>
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              <s>But I ſee I am ſlipt into a Digreſſion,
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              wherefore I will not examine, whether,
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              the Experiment I have related, proceed­
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              ed from hence, That the ſpringy Texture
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              of the Corpuſcles of the Air, makes
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              them leſs apt to yield and accommodate
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              themſelves eaſily to the narrow Pores of
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              Bodies, then the more flexible Particles
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              of Water; or whether it may more pro­
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              babiy be aſcrib'd to ſome other Cauſe.
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              <s>Nor will I ſtay to conſider how far we may
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              hence be aſſiſted to gheſs at the cauſe of
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              the aſcenſion of Water in the ſlender </s>
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