EXPERIMENT XV.
- Aug. 23.* 1.1 PEars being included in a Receiver, with as much Air as rais'd the Mercury an Inch
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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Page 127
- and ½. In two hours it was almost 6 Inches high.
- Aug. 24 It was 12
- Aug. 25 It was 16
- Aug. 26 It was 18
- Aug. 27 It was 21
- Aug. 28 It was 23
- Aug. 31 It was 30
- Sept. 1 It was 32 Inches high.
- Sept. 2 It was 35 Inches high.
- Sept. 3 It was 38 ⅓ Inches high.
- Sept. 4 It was 44 Inches high.
- Sept. 5 It was 45 Inches high.
- Sept. 6 It was 50 Inches high.
- Sept. 7 The height was the same; some Air getting out.
- Sept. 9 It was 53 ½ Inches high.
- Sept. 8 It was 54 ½ Inches high.
- Sept. 10 It was 58 Inches high.
- Sept. 12. Yesterday there was no Alteration: To day, as I suspected, some Air getting out, it was 53 ½.
- Sept. 13. Being transmited into another Receiver it was 32 ½.
- Sept. 16. The Receiver being open'd the Pears were Rotten.
Notes
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* 1.1
Pears in Vacuo.