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

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              Phænomenon
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              to what I have ſeen happen
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              in the diſſolution of Seed-Pearl in ſome
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              acid
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              Menſtruum,
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              in which, if a good quan­
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              tity of the little Pearls be caſt whole, they
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              will at firſt, if the
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              Menſtruum
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              be ſharp e­
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              nough, be carryed in ſwarms from the
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              bottom to the top of the Liquor. </s>
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              will adde, that without ſealing up the
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              Glaſs, this Experiment may be try'd in
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              one of our ſmalleſt Receivers, for there
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              the exſuction of the ambient Air may be
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              perform'd ſo nimbly, that immediately
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              the bubbles lurking in the Water are al­
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              low'd to diſplay themſelves, and aſcend
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              in throngs; inſomuch, as having in ſuch
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              a Receiver try'd the Experiment with
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              Wine (as a more ſpirituous Liquor) in­
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              ſtead of Water, the Red-Wine appear'd
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              all cover'd, with a copious, but vaniſhing
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              white Froth, almoſt as if a Veſſel full of
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              bottl'd drink had been unwarily open'd. </s>
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              <s>IT may not a little conduce to the clear­
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              er explication of divers Points in the
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              Doctrine of Meteors, and perhaps of
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              ſome other Phyſiological difficulties, to
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              diſcover what the Air does to the motion
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              of thoſe Steams or Exhalations that aſ-</s>
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