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

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              him that manag'd it, be made to work as
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              nimbly as it was wont) at the end of that
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              time he dy'd with Convulſive Fits, where­
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              in he made two or three bounds into the
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              Air, before he fell down dead. </s>
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              <s>Nor was I content with this, but for
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              Your Lordſhips further ſatisfaction, and
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              my own, I cauſ'd a Mouſe, that was very
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              hungry, to be ſhut in all Night, with a
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              Bed of Paper for him to reſt upon: And
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              to be ſure that the Receiver was well
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              cloſ'd, I cauſ'd ſome Air to be drawn out
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              of it, whereby, perceiving that there
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              was no ſenſible leak, I preſently re-ad­
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              mitted the Air at the Stop-cock, leſt the
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              want of it ſhould harm the little Animal;
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              and then I cauſ'd the Engine to be kept
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              all Night by the Fire ſide, to keep him
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              from being deſtroy'd by the immoderate
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              cold of the Froſty Night. </s>
              <s>And this care
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              ſucceeded ſo well, that the next Morning
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              I found that the Mouſe not onely was a­
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              live, but had devour'd a good part of the
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              Cheeſe that had been put in with him. </s>
              <s>And
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              having thus kept him alive full twelve
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              hours, or better, we did, by ſucking out
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              part of the Air, bring him to droop, and
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              to appear ſwell'd; and by letting in the
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              Air again, we ſoon reduc'd him to his for­
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              mer livelineſs. </s>
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