The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates.

About this Item

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.
Rights/Permissions: This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. Searching, reading, printing, or downloading EEBO-TCP texts is reserved for the authorized users of these project partner institutions. Permission must be granted for subsequent distribution, in print or electronically, of this text, in whole or in part. Please contact project staff at eebotcp-info@umich.edu for further information or permissions.
Subject terms: Physics -- Early works to 1800.; Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.; Medicine -- 15th-18th centuries.
Link to this Item: http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28936.0001.001
Cite this Item: "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 15, 2024.

Pages

Page 474

EXPERIMENT XXXI. About the opening of a Syringe, whose Pipe was stopp'd in the exhausted Receiver, and by the help of it, making the Pressure of the Air lift up a conside∣rable Weight.

HAving clos'd up the Hole at the Bottom of the Syringe,* 1.1 with good Cement, we ty'd a hollow piece of Iron to the Barrel, into which several Weights being put, we ty'd the Rammer to the Turn-Key; and tho', when the Receiver was exhausted, we could draw up the Rammer without the Syringe; yet, upon a Reingress of Air, the Syringe and the Weights would be rais'd swiftly up: So that so small a Cylinder of Air as equalled the Barrel of the Pipe, was able to lift up the Weight of sixteen Pounds.

Notes

* 1.1

See Plate 8th. Fig. 2d.

Back to content