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

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              vulſions, we turn'd the Stop-cock, and
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              let in the Air upon her, yet it came too
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              late; whereupon, caſting our eyes upon
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              one of thoſe accurate Dyals that go with
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              a
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              Pendulum,
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              and were of late ingeniouſly
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              invented by the Noble and Learned
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              Hu­
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              genius,
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              we found that the whole Tragedy
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              had been concluded within ten Minutes of
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              an hour, part of which time had been im­
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              ploy'd in cementing the Cover to the Re­
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              ceiver. </s>
              <s>Soon after we got a Hen-ſpar­
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              row, which being caught with Bird-lime
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              was not at all hurt; when we put her into
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              the Receiver, almoſt to the top of which
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              ſhe would briskly raiſe her ſelf, the Ex­
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              periment being try'd with this Bird, as it
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              was with the former, ſhe ſeem'd to be
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              dead within ſeven minutes, one of which
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              were imploy'd in cementing on the Co­
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              ver: But upon the ſpeedy turning of the
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              Key, the freſh Air flowing in, began ſlow­
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              ly to revive her, ſo that after ſome pant­
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              ings ſhe open'd her eyes, and regain'd her
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              feet, and in about a 1/4 of an hour, after
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              threatned to make an eſcape at the top of
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              the Glaſs, which had been unſtopp'd to
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              let in the freſh Air upon her: But the Re­
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              ceiver being cloſ'd the ſecond time, ſhe </s>
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