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

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              worth while to try to vary, by means of
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              the compreſſion of the Air. </s>
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              <s>WE taught, among divers other
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              things, when we diſcourſ'd of our
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              firſt Experiment, That the Air ſhut up in
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              our Receiver, preſſeth as ſtrongly upon
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              the Bodies ſhut up with it, as if they
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              were expoſ'd to the preſſure of the whole
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              Atmoſphere. </s>
              <s>That this was not incon­
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              ſiderately propounded, we hope Your
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              Lordſhip has gather'd from divers of the
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              things already recited: But yet perhaps it
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              will not be amiſs to ſubjoyn, by way of
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              further confirmation of the ſame truth, the
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              following Experiment, which ſhould have
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              accompanied the 20
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              , but the Paper where
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              in the one was written chanc'd not to beat
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              hand, when the other was ſent away. </s>
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              Experi­
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              <s>We convey'd into the Receiver a new
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              Glaſs Viol, capable of holding about 6 or
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              7 ounces of Water, into which we had
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              before put 2 or 3 Spoon-fulls of that Li­
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              quor, and ſtopt it cloſe with a fit Cork.
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              <s>The Pneumatical Veſſel being empty'd,
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              there appear'd not any change in the in­
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              cloſ'd Water, the Air impriſon'd with it,
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              not having the force to blow out the ſtop-</s>
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