Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 1660

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              Experi­
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              <s>TO ſatisfie our ſelves in ſome meaſure,
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              about the account upon which Reſpira­
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              tion is ſo neceſſary to the Animals, that
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              Nature hath furniſh'd with Lungs, we
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              took (being then unable to procure any
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              other lively Bird, ſmall enough to be put
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              into the Receiver) a Lark, one of whoſe
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              Wings had been broken by a ſhot, of a
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              Man that we had ſent to provide us ſome
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              Birds for our Experiment; but notwith­
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              ſtanding this hurt, the Lark was very
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              lively, and did, being put into the Recei­
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              ver, divers times ſpring up in it to a good
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              height. </s>
              <s>The Veſſel being haſtily, but
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              carefully cloſ'd, the Pump was diligently
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              ply'd, and the Bird for a while appear'd
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              lively enough; but upon a greater Ex­
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              ſuction of the Air, ſhe began manifeſtly
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              to droop and appear ſick, and very ſoon
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              after was taken with as violent and irregu­
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              lar Convulſions, as are wont to be ob­
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              ſerv'd in Poultry, when their heads are
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              wrung off: For the Bird threw her ſelf
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              over and over two or three times, and dy­
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              ed with her Breaſt upward, her Head
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              downwards, and her Neck awry. </s>
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              though upon the appearing of theſe Con-</s>
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