1with the exceſſive heat of it, may be
quickly able to deſtroy a little Animal, or
at leaſt, make the Air too intemperately
hot to be fit for Reſpiration.
quickly able to deſtroy a little Animal, or
at leaſt, make the Air too intemperately
hot to be fit for Reſpiration.
But though this be a Difficulty not ſo
eaſily to be reſolv'd without the aſſiſtance
of our Engine, yet I ſuppoſe we have al
ready anſwer'd the Objection by our 38th
and 39th Experiments; which though we
made partly for other purpoſes, yet we
premiſ'd them onely to clear up the diffi
culty propoſ'd.
eaſily to be reſolv'd without the aſſiſtance
of our Engine, yet I ſuppoſe we have al
ready anſwer'd the Objection by our 38th
and 39th Experiments; which though we
made partly for other purpoſes, yet we
premiſ'd them onely to clear up the diffi
culty propoſ'd.
Another ſuſpition we ſhould have en
tertain'd concerning the death of our Ani
mals, namely, That upon the ſudden re
moval of the wonted preſſure of the am
bient Air, the warm Blood of thoſe Ani
mals was brought to an Efferveſcence or
Ebullition, or at leaſt ſo vehemently ex
panded, as to diſturb the Circulation of
the Blood, and ſo diſorder the whole Oe
conomy of the Body. (This (I ſay) I
ſhould have had ſome ſuſpition of) but
that Animals of a hot Conſtitution are
not the ſole ones that cannot in our ex
hauſted Engine exerciſe the Function of
Life. But I muſt not now dwell upon
matters of this nature, becauſe I think
it high time to proceed to the conſiderati-
tertain'd concerning the death of our Ani
mals, namely, That upon the ſudden re
moval of the wonted preſſure of the am
bient Air, the warm Blood of thoſe Ani
mals was brought to an Efferveſcence or
Ebullition, or at leaſt ſo vehemently ex
panded, as to diſturb the Circulation of
the Blood, and ſo diſorder the whole Oe
conomy of the Body. (This (I ſay) I
ſhould have had ſome ſuſpition of) but
that Animals of a hot Conſtitution are
not the ſole ones that cannot in our ex
hauſted Engine exerciſe the Function of
Life. But I muſt not now dwell upon
matters of this nature, becauſe I think
it high time to proceed to the conſiderati-