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

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              our Receiver become much more languid
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              then ordinary, by reaſon of the want of
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              Air, ſo they would grow ſtronger, in caſe
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              there were an unuſual quantity of Air
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              crouded and ſhut up in the ſame Veſſel,
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              which may be done (though not without
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              ſome difficulty) by the help of the Pump,
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              provided the Cover and Stopple be ſo
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              firmly faſten'd (by binding and Cement,
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              or otherwiſe) to the Glaſs; and to each
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              other, that there be no danger of the
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              condenſ'd Airs blowing of either of them
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              away, or its breaking through the jun­
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              <s>Theſe thoughts, My Lord, as I
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              was ſaying, we entertain'd; but for want
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              of leaſure, as, of as good Receivers as
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              ours, to ſubſtitute in its place, in caſe we
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              ſhould break it before we learn'd the skill
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              of condencing the Air in it, we durſt not
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              put them in practice: Yet, on this occa­
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              ſion, give me leave to advertiſe Your
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              Lordſhip once for all, That though for
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              the reaſons newly intimated, we have,
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              Onely in the ſeventeenth Experiment,
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              taken notice, that by the help of our En­
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              gine the Air may be condenſ'd as well as
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              rarified; yet there are divers other of our
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              Experiments, whoſe
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              Phænomena
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              it were </s>
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