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A44323 Micrographia, or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses with observations and inquiries thereupon / by R. Hooke ... Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703. 1665 (1665) Wing H2620; ESTC R18004 297,091 291

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the_o experiment_n the_o experimenter_n must_v place_v the_o tube_n ab_fw-la perpendicular_a and_o fill_v the_o pipe_n f_o cement_v into_o the_o hole_n e_o with_o water_n but_o leave_v the_o bubble_n c_o bookful_n of_o air_n and_o then_o gentle_o pour_v in_o water_n into_o the_o pipe_n ab_fw-la he_o must_v observe_v diligent_o how_o high_a the_o water_n will_v rise_v in_o it_o before_o it_o protrude_v the_o bubble_n of_o air_n c_o through_o the_o narrow_a passage_n of_o f_o and_o denote_v exact_o the_o height_n of_o the_o cylinder_n of_o water_n then_o cement_n in_o a_o second_o pipe_n as_o g_o and_o fill_v it_o with_o water_n he_o may_v proceed_v as_o with_o the_o former_a denote_v likewise_o the_o height_n of_o the_o cylinder_n of_o water_n able_a to_o protrude_v the_o bubble_n c_o through_o the_o passage_n of_o g_o the_o like_a may_v he_o do_v with_o the_o next_o pipe_n and_o the_o next_o etc._n etc._n as_o far_o as_o he_o be_v able_a then_o compare_v the_o several_a height_n of_o 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be_v as_o much_o as_o be_v able_a to_o press_v up_o and_o sustain_v a_o cylinder_n of_o quicksilver_n of_o two_o foot_n and_o a_o half_a high_a or_o thereabouts_o and_o since_o of_o this_o pressure_n so_o many_o more_o degree_n be_v require_v to_o force_v the_o air_n into_o a_o small_a than_o into_o a_o great_a hole_n that_o be_v full_a of_o a_o more_o congruous_a fluid_n and_o last_o since_o those_o degree_n that_o be_v requisite_a to_o press_v it_o in_o be_v thereby_o take_v off_o from_o the_o air_n within_o and_o the_o air_n within_o leave_v with_o so_o many_o degree_n of_o pressure_n less_o than_o the_o air_n without_o it_o will_v follow_v that_o the_o air_n in_o the_o less_o tube_n or_o pipe_n will_v have_v less_o pressure_n against_o the_o superficies_n of_o the_o water_n therein_o than_o the_o air_n in_o the_o big_a which_o be_v the_o minor_a proposition_n to_o be_v prove_v the_o conclusion_n therefore_o will_v necessary_o follow_v viz._n that_o this_o unequal_a pressure_n of_o the_o air_n cause_v by_o its_o ingress_n into_o unequal_a hole_n be_v a_o cause_n sufficient_a to_o produce_v this_o effect_n without_o the_o help_n of_o any_o other_o concurrent_a and_o therefore_o be_v probable_o the_o principal_n if_o not_o the_o only_a cause_n of_o these_o phaenomena_n this_o therefore_o be_v thus_o explain_v there_o will_v be_v divers_a phaenomena_n explicable_a thereby_o as_o the_o rise_n of_o liquor_n in_o a_o filtre_n the_o rise_n of_o spirit_n of_o wine_n oil_n melt_v tallow_n etc._n etc._n in_o the_o week_n of_o a_o lamp_n though_o make_v of_o small_a wire_n thread_n of_o asbestus_n string_n of_o glass_n or_o the_o like_a the_o rise_n of_o liquor_n in_o a_o sponge_n piece_n of_o bread_n sand_n etc._n etc._n perhaps_o also_o the_o ascend_a of_o the_o sap_n in_o tree_n and_o plant_n through_o their_o small_a and_o some_o of_o they_o imperceptible_a pore_n of_o which_o i_o have_v say_v more_o on_o another_o occasion_n at_o least_o the_o pass_v of_o it_o out_o 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