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

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              to keep a Cylinder of water of above
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              a Foot in height from falling to the bot­
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              tom of the Tube, may well enough be
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              ſuppoſ'd capable of keeping ſo broad a flat
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              Marble from deſcending. </s>
              <s>And though this
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              may ſeem a ſtrange proof of the ſtrength of
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              the ſpring of Air, ev'n when rarified, yet it
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              will ſcarce ſeem incredible to him that has
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              obſerv'd how exceeding ſtrong a coheſion
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              may be made betwixt broad Bodies, one­
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              ly by their immediate touching one ano­
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              ther. </s>
              <s>A notable inſtance of which, I
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              have met with in this ſhort Narrative of
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              the Learned
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              Zucchius. </s>
              <s>Fuveni
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              (ſays he)
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              lacertorum ſuorum robur: jactanti propo­
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              ſita ſemel eſt lamina ærea, per anſam in
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              medio extantem apprehenſam elevanda è
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              tabula marmorea, cui optime congruebat:
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              qui primo tanquam rem ludicr am puero
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              committendam contempſit: tum inſtanti­
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              bus amicis manum utrámque admovens,
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              cum luctatus diu hærentem non removiſſet,
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              excuſavit impotentiam, objecta perigrini
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              & potentiſsimi glutinis interpoſitione, quo
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              fortiſsime copulante nequiret divelli; do­
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              nec vidit ab alio per tabulam facilimè lami­
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              nam deduci, & ad extrema product am, &
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              actam in tranſverſum inàe deportari.
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              <s> But
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              that we may learn from our own Engine, </s>
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