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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 14, 2024.

Pages

Page 158

EXPERIMENT IV.
  • Septemb. 15. 77. EIGHT Ounces of Raisins of the Sun, bruis'd and diluted with Water, being in∣cluded in a Receiver, large enough to hold 22 Ounces of Water.
  • Sept. 16 The height was 6
  • Sept. 17 The height was 10
  • Sept. 18 The height was 15
  • Sept. 19
  • Sept. 20 It was 29
  • Sept. 21 The Receiver forc'd from the Cover.
  • Sept. 24. Some Raisins being taken out, the rest were shut up in Vacuo. Sept. 25. The Receiver was sever'd from it's Cover.
  • Sept. 15. 77. The same Ingredients being shut up in com∣mon Air.
  • Sept. 16 The height was ½
  • Sept. 17 The height was 1 ½
  • Sept. 18 The height was 3
  • Sept. 19 The height was 5
  • Sept. 20 The height was 7
  • Sept. 21 The height was 9
  • Sept. 22 The height was 11
  • Sept. 23 The height was 12
  • Sept. 24 The height was 15

When the Air broke out, several Bubbles rose from the Raisins: Hence it appears, that Air is more easily generated sometimes in Vacuo, than in common Air.

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