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A29003 New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air, and its effects (made, for the most part, in a new pneumatical engine) : written by way of letter to the Right Honorable Charles, Lord Vicount of Dungarvan, eldest son to the Earl of Corke / by the Honorable Robert Boyle, Esq. Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. 1660 (1660) Wing B3998; ESTC R19421 166,271 430

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