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

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              own, or but conſequent to the motion of the
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              Thorax, Diaphragme, and
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              (as ſome Learn­
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              ed Men would have it)
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              the Abdomen; And,
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              Whence it is that the Air ſwells the Lungs
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              in Inſpiration
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              any further then they may
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              receive light from our Engine: But that
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              it may appear what kinde of ſervice it is
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              that may be expected from it on this oc­
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              caſion, we muſt premiſe a few Words to
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              ſhew wherein the ſtrength of the Obje­
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              ction we are to anſwer, lies. </s>
              <s>In favor then
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              of thoſe that would have the Lungs ra­
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              ther paſſive then active in the buſineſs of
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              Reſpiration, it may againſt the common
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              opinion be alledg'd, That as the Lungs be­
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              ing deſtitute of Muſcles and of Fibres,
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              are unfit to dilate themſelves; ſo it ap­
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              pears, that without the motion of the
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              Thorax
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              they would not be fill'd with Air.
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              <s>Since as our Learned Friend Dr.
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              High­
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              more
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              has well (and congruouſly, to what
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              our ſelves have purpoſely try'd) ob­
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              ſerv'd, if a live Dog have a great wound
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              made in his Cheſt, the Lobes of the
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              Lungs on that ſide of the
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              Mediaſti­
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              num
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              will ſubſide and lie ſtill; the
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              Tho­
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              rax
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              and the Lobes on the other ſide
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              of the
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              Mediaſtinum,
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              continuing their
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              former motion. </s>
              <s>And if ſuddenly at once </s>
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