Boyle, Robert
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New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects
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1660
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vulſions, we turn'd the Stop-cock, and
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let in the Air upon her, yet it came too
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we found that the whole Tragedy
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the Receiver, almoſt to the top of which
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ſhe would briskly raiſe her ſelf, the Ex
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periment being try'd with this Bird, as it
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was with the former, ſhe ſeem'd to be
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dead within ſeven minutes, one of which
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ver: But upon the ſpeedy turning of the
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Key, the freſh Air flowing in, began ſlow
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ly to revive her, ſo that after ſome pant
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ings ſhe open'd her eyes, and regain'd her
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feet, and in about a 1/4 of an hour, after
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threatned to make an eſcape at the top of
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the Glaſs, which had been unſtopp'd to
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