Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 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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              hot to be fit for Reſpiration. </s>
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              <s>But though this be a Difficulty not ſo
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              eaſily to be reſolv'd without the aſſiſtance
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              of our Engine, yet I ſuppoſe we have al­
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              ready anſwer'd the Objection by our 38
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              Experiments; which though we
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              made partly for other purpoſes, yet we
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              premiſ'd them onely to clear up the diffi­
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              culty propoſ'd. </s>
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              <s>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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              Life. </s>
              <s>But I muſt not now dwell upon
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              matters of this nature, becauſe I think
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              it high time to proceed to the conſiderati-</s>
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