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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with the exceſſive heat of it, may be
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quickly able to deſtroy a little Animal, or
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at leaſt, make the Air too intemperately
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of our Engine, yet I ſuppoſe we have al
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Experiments; which though we
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made partly for other purpoſes, yet we
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>Another ſuſpition we ſhould have en
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tertain'd concerning the death of our Ani
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mals, namely, That upon the ſudden re
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moval of the wonted preſſure of the am
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bient Air, the warm Blood of thoſe Ani
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mals was brought to an Efferveſcence or
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Ebullition, or at leaſt ſo vehemently ex
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panded, as to diſturb the Circulation of
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the Blood, and ſo diſorder the whole Oe
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conomy of the Body. (This (I ſay) I
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ſhould have had ſome ſuſpition of) but
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that Animals of a hot Conſtitution are
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not the ſole ones that cannot in our ex
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hauſted Engine exerciſe the Function of
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matters of this nature, becauſe I think
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