Boyle, Robert, New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air and its effects, 1660
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              (for methinks they ſpeak doubtfully e­
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              nough) appear inclinable to it. </s>
              <s>But for
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              ought ever I could ſee in Diſſections, it is
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              very difficult to make out, how the Air is
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              convey'd into the left Ventricle of the
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              Heart, eſpecially the
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              Syſtole
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              and
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              Diaſtole
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              of the Heart and Lungs, being very far
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              from being Synchronical: Beſides, that
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              the Spirits ſeeming to be but the moſt
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              ſubtle and unctuous Particles of the
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              Blood, appear to be of a very differing
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              Nature from that of the lean and incom­
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              buſtible Corpuſcles of Air. </s>
              <s>Other Ob­
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              jections againſt this Opinion have been
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              propoſ'd, and preſt by that excellent Ana­
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              tomiſt, and my Induſtrious Friend, Dr.
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              Highmore,
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              to whom I ſhall therefore refer
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              you. </s>
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              <s>Another Opinion there is touching Re­
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              ſpiration, which makes the genuine uſe of
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              it to be Ventilation (not of the Heart,
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              but) of the Blood, in its paſſage thorow
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              the Lungs; in which paſſage, it is diſ­
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              burthened of thoſe Excrementitious
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              Steams, proceeding, for the moſt part,
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              from the ſuperfluous Seroſities of the
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              Blood, (we may adde) and of the
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              Chyle
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              too, which (by thoſe new Conduits of
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              late very happily detected by the famous </s>
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