The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates.
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Title
The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates.
Author
Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
Publication
London :: Printed for J. Phillips ... and J. Taylor ...,
1699-1700.
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Physics -- Early works to 1800.
Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- 15th-18th centuries.
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"The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28936.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.
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EXPERIMENT XV.
April 2. 78. HAving put a Shrew-Mouse into the Engin describ'd,* 1.1 for the Filtration of Air through Water; when the Pump was stirr'd, and the Air began to penetrate the Water, it was a lit∣tle better; but could not recover.
Apr. 12. The Experiment was repeated with a weakly Mouse, that had been kept fasting a long time; the Success was the same as in the last Experi∣ment; for the Mouse being taken out before it was dead, could not recover in the free Air.