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it_o which_o may_v fill_v it_o about_o half_a full_a but_o not_o so_o close_o lute_v but_o that_o some_o air_n though_o but_o at_o a_o pin_n hole_n may_v come_v in_o the_o water_n in_o the_o bottle_n will_v be_v whole_o draw_v up_o into_o the_o bolts-head_n but_o if_o the_o bolts-head_n be_v hasty_o so_o close_v that_o no_o air_n can_v enter_v into_o it_o some_o water_n will_v indeed_o rise_v as_o far_o as_o into_o the_o shank_n of_o the_o bolts-head_n but_o the_o whole_a water_n will_v not_o ascend_v into_o the_o bolts-head_n as_o before_o it_o do_v which_o say_v this_o learned_a author_n be_v a_o plain_a argument_n against_o that_o huge_a elasticity_n of_o the_o air_n that_o some_o imagine_v for_o no_o fresh_a air_n be_v let_v in_o by_o this_o strict_a closure_n the_o force_n of_o the_o rarefy_a air_n in_o the_o bolts-head_n be_v more_o entire_a and_o as_o he_o conceive_v the_o attraction_n more_o powerful_a to_o raise_v the_o water_n as_o before_o if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n 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be_o as_o little_a satisfy_v with_o as_o he_o with_o their_o elastacity_n and_o be_o reminded_a of_o that_o say_n in_o pliny_n quid_fw-la mirabilius_fw-la esse_fw-la potest_fw-la aquis_fw-la in_o coelo_fw-la stantibus_fw-la but_o the_o same_o miracle_n be_v in_o the_o bolts-head_n neither_o of_o which_o i_o can_v resolve_v into_o any_o mean_a principle_n than_o that_o which_o i_o call_v the_o hylarchical_a or_o hylostatical_a spirit_n of_o the_o world_n as_o for_o that_o of_o tension_n we_o shall_v consider_v in_o chap._n 14_o and_o 15._o upon_o chapter_n the_o fourteen_o remark_n the_o twenty_o eight_o here_o the_o learned_a author_n do_v declare_v himself_o that_o all_o those_o experiment_n which_o the_o virtuoso_n will_v give_v a_o account_n of_o from_o the_o pressure_n and_o elasticity_n of_o the_o air_n p._n 203._o be_v plain_o perform_v by_o suction_n and_o attraction_n of_o the_o air_n when_o put_v under_o a_o great_a tension_n or_o rarefaction_n which_o i_o must_v confess_v i_o 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