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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rations have a notable and manifeſt ſhare
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in thoſe obvious effects, that men have
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ſuch as are the various diſtempers inci
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dent to humane Bodies, eſpecially if cra
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zy, in the Spring, the Autumn, and alſo
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on moſt of the great and ſudden changes
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of Weather) but likewiſe, that the fur
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ther diſcovery of the nature of the Ayr,
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will probably diſcover to us, that it con
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Experiment that is New concerning a
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and neceſſary intercourſe, may not one
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Life, but gratifie Philoſophers, by pro
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