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

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              out of the Glaſs, there appear'd no bub­
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              bles in the Water, notwithſtanding the
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              want of preſſure in the ambient Body. </s>
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              <s>But to be ſure to reach the chief end of
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              our Experiment, we made uſe of this o­
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              ther expedient: We cauſ'd a convenient
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              quantity of Water to be put, and Her­
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              metically ſhut up into a Glaſs Egge, to
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              whoſe long Neck (which was purpoſely
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              made of an unequal thickneſs) was fa­
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              ſten'd to one end of a ſtring, whoſe o­
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              ther end was ty'd to the Cover of our
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              Receiver, after the manner elſewhere men­
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              tion'd already: Then the Egge being
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              convey'd into the Pneumatical Veſſel,
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              and that being evacuated, we did, by
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              turning the braſs Stopple formerly de­
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              ſcrib'd amongſt the parts of our En­
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              gine, ſo ſhorten the ſtring as to break the
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              Glaſs; whereby liberty being given to
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              the Air impriſon'd in the Egge, to paſs
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              into the capacity of the Receiver, the ſud­
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              den receſs of the Air made the bubbles in
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              a trice appear ſo numerous, and aſcend
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              ſo ſwiftly in the Water, that their motion
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              look'd like that of a violent ſhower of
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              Rain; ſave that the bubbles did not, like
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              the drops of Rain, tend downwards, but
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              upwards, which made me reſemble this </s>
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