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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tion is ſo neceſſary to the Animals, that
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Nature hath furniſh'd with Lungs, we
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took (being then unable to procure any
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other lively Bird, ſmall enough to be put
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into the Receiver) a Lark, one of whoſe
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Wings had been broken by a ſhot, of a
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Man that we had ſent to provide us ſome
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Birds for our Experiment; but notwith
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ſtanding this hurt, the Lark was very
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lively, and did, being put into the Recei
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ver, divers times ſpring up in it to a good
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>The Veſſel being haſtily, but
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carefully cloſ'd, the Pump was diligently
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ply'd, and the Bird for a while appear'd
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lively enough; but upon a greater Ex
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ſuction of the Air, ſhe began manifeſtly
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to droop and appear ſick, and very ſoon
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after was taken with as violent and irregu
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lar Convulſions, as are wont to be ob
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ſerv'd in Poultry, when their heads are
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wrung off: For the Bird threw her ſelf
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over and over two or three times, and dy
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