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Excerpt from The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq., Vol. 3: Abridged, Methodized, and Disposed Under the General Heads of Physics, Statics, Pneumatics, Natural History, Chymistry, and Medicine; The Whole Illustrated With Notes, Containing the Improvements Made in the Several Parts of Natural and Experimental Knowl
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