The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates.
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The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates.
Author
Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
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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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"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.
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EXPERIMENT IV.
May 19.77. THE same Experiment being repeated in a Receiver closely stopp'd with a Screw, the Cone lost a Grain and a quarter.
May 21. The same Experiment being repeated, and the Cone set on fire, it lost 4 Grains.
May 23. It was twice repeated, but the Cone not be∣ing well fir'd; In one it lost ¼ of a Grain; in the other, a whole one.
May 24. The Cone lost 1 Grain and ¼ The Cone be∣ing taken out, and cleansed of the Soot, it lost
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in a Receiver, 6 Grains ½. In an uncleansed Re∣ceiver it lost 3 Grains in Weight.
May 25. In a cleansed Receiver it lost 6 Grains ½. In one well cleansed after it lost 7 Grains ½. In a Receiver unwash'd, the Cone would scarce be kindled.
May 26. In a Receiver unwash'd, in the middle of a Sun-shine Day, the Burning-Glass being long apply'd, it was 8 Grains lighter.
Whence it appears, that tho' the Consumpti∣on of the Matter be not always the same in the Quantity of Air, yet it is greater, according to the Degrees of Compression.
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