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A28949 A continuation of new experiments physico-mechanical, touching the spring and weight of the air and their effects. The I. part whereto is annext a short discourse of the atmospheres of consistent bodies / written by way of letter to the right honourable the Lord Clifford and Dungarvan by the honourable Robert Boyle ... Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. 1669 (1669) Wing B3934; ESTC R34411 156,070 240

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