* 1.1WHite Snails without their Shells, being shut up in Vacuo had store of Bubbles sticking to them; but they put out and drew in their Horns at pleasure; in some Hours they be∣came void of Motion and Tumid; And in the space of Twelve hours seem'd like blown Blad∣ders, the substance of their Bodies being con∣sumed; The External Air being let in, they sunk together like two Skins, no signs of Life appearing,
The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates.
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- The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates.
- Author
- Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
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- 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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Pages
EXPERIMENT I.
Notes
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* 1.1
A Slow-worm and a Leech a∣live in Vacuo.