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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EXPERIMENT XL.
* 1.1HAving conveigh'd a Flesh-Fly, a Butter-fly, and a Humming-Bee into our Receiver; the former presently dropp'd down from the Place she was walking on; and after a few Ex∣suctions, the Butter-Fly, which before flutter'd up and down, dropp'd down void of Motion, except a Tremulous one in her Wings. And the Bee in a little time, was wholly depriv'd of Motion: But whether the Falling of them de∣pended on the Thinness of the Medium, which was unapt for them to swim in or not, will ap∣pear from the following Experiment.
Notes
* 1.1
Whether Rarify'd Air will su∣stain Flying Insects.