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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"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 6, 2024.

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EXPERIMENT III.
  • June 21.* 1.1 AMber being burnt in a Receiver, ascended in Fumes up to the Top, and thence re∣flected downwards; but burnt in Vacuo, they

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  • rose not above a Digit at the first; but afterwards it rose almost to the Top: The Mercury in the Gage was not alter'd in it's height.
  • June 22. Water, in which the Receiver was immers'd, got into the Receiver.
  • July 8. No more Water got in: Nor did the Amber produce the least Air.

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