1vals, or the abſence of the Corrector, gave
me the leiſure to exſpaciate upon ſome ſub
ject; yet being oftentimes call'd upon to diſ
patch the Papers to the Preſs, my promiſe,
and many unexpected Avocations, obliged
me to a haſte, which, though it have detract
ed nothing from the Faithfulneſs of the
Hiſtorical part of our Book, has (I fear)
been diſadvantageous enough to all the reſt.
And I made the leſs ſcruple to let the fol
lowing Papers paſs out of my hands, with
all their Imperfections; becauſe, as the
publick Affairs, and my own, were then
circumſtanc'd, I knew not when (if at all)
I ſhould be again in a condition to proſecute
Experiments of this kinde; eſpecially,
ſince (to omit my being almoſt weary of be
ing, as it were, confin'd to one ſort of Ex
periments) I am pre-ingag'd (if it pleaſe
God to vouchſafe me Life and Health) to
imploy my firſt leiſure in the publication of
ſome other Phyſiological Papers, which I
thought 'twould make me much the ſitter to
take in hand, if I firſt diſpatch'd all that
I had at this time to write touching our
Engine.
me the leiſure to exſpaciate upon ſome ſub
ject; yet being oftentimes call'd upon to diſ
patch the Papers to the Preſs, my promiſe,
and many unexpected Avocations, obliged
me to a haſte, which, though it have detract
ed nothing from the Faithfulneſs of the
Hiſtorical part of our Book, has (I fear)
been diſadvantageous enough to all the reſt.
And I made the leſs ſcruple to let the fol
lowing Papers paſs out of my hands, with
all their Imperfections; becauſe, as the
publick Affairs, and my own, were then
circumſtanc'd, I knew not when (if at all)
I ſhould be again in a condition to proſecute
Experiments of this kinde; eſpecially,
ſince (to omit my being almoſt weary of be
ing, as it were, confin'd to one ſort of Ex
periments) I am pre-ingag'd (if it pleaſe
God to vouchſafe me Life and Health) to
imploy my firſt leiſure in the publication of
ſome other Phyſiological Papers, which I
thought 'twould make me much the ſitter to
take in hand, if I firſt diſpatch'd all that
I had at this time to write touching our
Engine.
I have this further to adde, by way
of Excuſe, That as it has been my deſign
in publiſhing theſe Experiments to gratifie
of Excuſe, That as it has been my deſign
in publiſhing theſe Experiments to gratifie
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