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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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Subject terms
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 7, 2024.

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EXPERIMENT IX.
  • July 5. 77.* 1.1 PAste being contain'd in four exhausted Re∣ceivers.
  • July 6. One was forc'd from it's Cover: Some Com∣mon Air got in before it could be stopped. A Shrew-Mouse being put in, was Convulsive a Minute and ½ and then remain'd moveless: Being taken out, after some Convulsive Motions, Died.
  • July 7. A Bird shut up as the Mouse was, in a quarter of a Minute Died: A Bird of the same kind be∣ing shut 4 Minutes with common Air, was very well.
  • July 9. The same Bird which continu'd well in the Common Air, Died when enclos'd with Artifi∣cial Air, in a quarter of a Minute.
  • An Adder being shut up with Artificial Air, in 2 Minutes began to be ill; and in 24 Minutes was depriv'd of Motion, and tho' 6 Minutes after it was expos'd to the Air, yet it reco∣ver'd not.
  • July 10. There was no hopes of Recovery.

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