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

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1but does alſo convey them out of the
Lungs, in regard that the inſpired Air,
reaching to all the ends of the Aſpera Ar­
teria, does there aſſociate it ſelf with the
Exhalations of the circulating Blood, and
when tis exploded, carrys them away with
it ſelf, as we ſee that winds ſpeedily dry up
the ſurfaces of wet Bodies, not to ſay any
thing of what we formerly obſervd touch­
ing our Liquor, whoſe fumes were ſtrange­
ly elevated upon the Ingreſs of the Air.
Now of theſe two ways of explicating
the uſe of Reſpiration, our Engine af­
fords us this Objection againſt the firſt;
That upon the Exſuction of the Air, the
Animals die a great deal ſooner then if it
were left in the Veſſel; though by that
Exſuction the ambient ſpace is left much
more free to receive the ſteams that are ei­
ther breathed out of the Lungs of the
Animal, or diſcharg'd by inſenſible Tran­
ſpiration through the Pores of his
Skin.
But if the Hypotheſis propoſ'd, be taken
in the other ſenſe, it ſeems congruous e­
nough to that grand obſervation, which
partly the Phænomena of our Engine, and
partly the relations of Travellers, have
ſuggeſted to us, namely, That there is a

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