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New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air, and Its Effects
- 1660
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Robert Boyle
Oxford: H. Hall for T. Robinson
- 18 cm H
- In the Edelstein Rare Book Room
- Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library
- b1034558
Description
Boyle's pioneering air pump. The air in the glass sphere above is extracted using a plunger attached to the geared bar in the cylinder in the center.