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

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              ſelf: It conſiſts of two principal parts; a
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              glaſs Veſſel, and a Pump to draw the Air
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              out of it. </s>
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              <s>The former of theſe (which we, with
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              the Glaſs men, ſhall often call a Receiver,
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              for its affinity to the large Veſſels of that
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              name, uſed by Chymiſts) conſiſts of a
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              Glaſs with a wide hole at the top, of a
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              cover to that hole, and of a ſtop-cock
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              faſtned to the end of the neck, at the
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              bottom. </s>
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              <s>The ſhape of the Glaſs, you will find
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              expreſſ'd in the firſt Figure of the annex­
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              ed Scheme. </s>
              <s>And for the ſize of it, it
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              contain'd about 30 Wine Quarts, each of
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              them containing near two pound (of 16
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              Ounces to the pound) of water: We
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              ſhould have been better pleaſ'd with a
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              more capacious Veſſel, but the Glaſs-men
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              profeſſed themſelves unable to blow a
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              larger, of ſuch a thickneſs and ſhape as
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              was requiſite to our purpoſe. </s>
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              <s>At the very top of the Veſſel, (A) you
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              may obſerve a round hole, whoſe Dia­
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              meter (B C) is of about four inches; and
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              whereof, the Orifice is incircled with a
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              lip of Glaſs, almoſt an inch high: For
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              the making of which lip, it was requiſite
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              (to mention that upon the by, in caſe </s>
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