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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ARTICLE VIII. Fire us'd to produce Air.
EXPERIMENT I.
June 4. 76.* 1.1 PAper besmear'd with Sulphur, and burnt in Vacuo, yielded Air, which lasted 2 Days without Diminution.
EXPERIMENT II.
June 15.* 1.2 HArts-Horn burnt in Vacuo, yielded some Air.
June 17. Air produced by burnt Harts-horn was soon destroy'd; but if it lasted an hour undiminish'd, it usually continu'd a considerable time.
June 19. Harts-horn taken out of the Receiver yield∣ed a fetid Oyl, but no Volatile Spirit.
EXPERIMENT III.
June 21.* 1.3 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.
EXPERIMENT IV.
Jan. 18. 77* 1.4 TWO Drachms of Camphire being put in an empty Receiver upon a Digesting Furnace.
Jan. 19. It was sublimed into Flowers; no Air was produced.
EXPERIMENT V.
May 24. 76.* 1.5 SULPHUR Viv. being melted in an ex∣hausted Receiver by the help of a Burning-glass, yielded no Air.
EXPERIMENT VI.
July 19. PASTE included in a Receiver and burnt, afforded so much Air, that the Cover which
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before could not be mov'd without difficulty, easily parted from the Receiver.