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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Physics -- Early works to 1800.
Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- 15th-18th centuries.
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EXPERIMENT XII.
May 8.* 1.1 OYL made per Deliquium, being shut up in a Receiver, with Spirit of Wine swim∣ming upon it; when the Air began to be ex∣hausted, great Bubbles rose from the Spirit, and small ones from the Oyl; but in an hour, the Oyl afforded Bubbles large enough to fill the whole Diameter of the Pipe in their Ascent, and an hour after that, they broke out so vi∣olently, as to strike against the Top of the Receiver.
May 9. The Experiment being repeated in a Vessel, which was longer and narrower, I observ'd, that the Bubbles which rose from the Oyl, were not very large, till ¼ of an Inch above the Sur∣face