The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates.

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Title
The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates.
Author
Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
Publication
London :: Printed for J. Phillips ... and J. Taylor ...,
1699-1700.
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Subject terms
Physics -- Early works to 1800.
Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- 15th-18th centuries.
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"The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28936.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.

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Page 133

EXPERIMENT V.
  • July 13. 76.* 1.1 BEANS, such as Horses eat, being shut up with Water in Vacuo, those that were bruis'd, seem'd to swell; those which were whole, seem'd unalter'd. The Mercury,
  • July 14 rose 7
  • July 15 rose 5
  • July 16 rose 3
  • July 17 rose 6
  • July 18 rose 9
  • July 19 rose 1
  • July 20 rose 3 ½
  • July 21 It rose 5 ½
  • It rose 2
  • July 22 It rose 78
  • July 23 It rose 5 i. e. 35
  • July 24 It rose Above the wonted Pres∣sure.
  • ...July 25

The Receiver was not able to bear a greater Pressure. The Beans were very fetid, like pu∣trify'd Flesh.

Beans yield Air in a moderate Pressure, as well as in Vacuo, sometimes sooner, and sometimes slower.

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