Boyle, Robert New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects 1660

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even in our Climate, because that is tem­

perate enough; and as far as my obser­
vations assist me to conjecture, the Air in
many other more Northern Countries
may be much thicker, and able to support
a greater weight: which is not to be
doubted of, if there be no mistake in
what is Recorded concerning the Hollan­
ders, that were forc'd by the Ice to Win­
ter in Nova Zembla, namely, That
they found there so condens'd an Air, that
they could not make their Clock goe,
ev'n by a very great addition to the
weights that were wont to move it.

Aere srig [...] ­
do existcate
tardius mo­
[...] entur Au­
tomat a quam
acre ca [...] ida,
adco qui­
dem ut Au­
tomaton
quod Delgæ
in Nova
Zembla a­
gentes in æ­
dibus su [...] s
collocave­
runt, omal­
no à motis
cessave [...] it
[...] tsi m [...]
malus toa­
dus ei addidissent quam antea ferre solebat. Varenius Geo: Genevat [...] .
111. Propo: 7. pag. 648.

I suppose Your Lordship will readily
take notice, that I might very easily have
discoursed much more fully and accuratly
then I have done, against the common o­
pinion touching Suction, and touching na­
tures hatred of a Vacuum. But I was willing
to keep my self to those considerations
touching these matters, that might be ve­
rifi'd by our Engine it self, especially, since,
as I said at first, it would take up too much
time to insist particularly upon all the Re­
flections that may be made even upon our
two last Experiments. And therefore,