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" Drebell conceived, that it is not the whole body of the air, but a certain quintessence (as Chymists speak) or spirituous part of it, that makes it fit for respiration... "
Absolute Zero and the Conquest of Cold - Page 10
by Tom Shachtman - 2000 - 272 pages
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The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq ..., Volume 2

Robert Boyle - Chemistry - 1725 - 768 pages
...many credible perfons, to have contrived a veifel to be row'd under water : for Drebell conceiv'd, that it is not the whole body of the air, but a certain fpirituous part of it, that fits it for refpiration ; which being fpent, the remaining grofler body...
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Opera, en anglois, avec notes par P. Shaw, Volume 2

Robert Boyle - 1738 - 960 pages
...by many credible perfons, to have contriv'da veflel to be row'd under water ; for Drebell conceiv'd, that it is not the whole body of the air, but a certain fpirituous part of it, that fits it for refpiration ; which being fpent, the remaining grofier body...
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The Asclepiad. v. 10, 1893, Volume 10

1893 - 478 pages
...How this was done he also explains, as he heard from the relatives of the experimentalist. Drebell conceived that it is not the whole body of the air,...spirituous part of it, that makes it fit for respiration, which being spent, the remaining grosser body or carcase (if we may so term it) of the air is unable...
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Geschichte der Explosivstoffe: I-II.

S. J. von Romocki - 1895 - 766 pages
...mentioncd person that went in the vessel affirms) without inconvenience; l was answered, that Drebell conceived, that it is not the whole body of the air, but a certain quintessence (äs chymists speak) or spirituous part of it, that makes it fit for respiratiou; which being spent,...
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Disciples of Aesculapius, Volume 2

Benjamin Ward Richardson, Mrs. George Martin - Medicine - 1900 - 468 pages
...How this was done he also explains, as he heard from the relatives of the experimentalist. Drebell conceived that it is not the whole body of the air,...spirituous part of it, that makes it fit for respiration, which being spent, the remaining grosser body or carcase (if we may so term it) of the air is unable...
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The Evolution of the Submarine Boat, Mine and Torpedo, from the Sixteenth ...

Murray Fraser Sueter - Submarines (Ships) - 1907 - 674 pages
...to continue for so long under water \rithxrat suffocation or without inconvenience, I was answered that Drebbel conceived that it is not the whole body...spirituous part of it that makes it fit for respiration, the remaining grosser body or carcase of the air is unable to cherish the vital flame residing in the...
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Caisson Sickness and the Physiology of Work in Compressed Air

Sir Leonard Hill - Caison disease - 1912 - 280 pages
...actually tried in the River Thames by order of James I. It carried twelve rowers and passengers. " Debrell conceived that it is not the whole body of the air, but a certain spirituous part of it, that fits * " Experiments Physico-Mechauical," 1647. Fio. 5.— THE DIVING APPARATUS...
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Caisson sickness and the physiology of work in compressed air

Sir Leonard Hill - 1912 - 278 pages
...actually tried in the River Thames by order of James I. It carried twelve rowers and passengers. " Debrell conceived that it is not the whole body of the air, but a certain spirituous part of it, that fits * " Experiments Physico-Mechanical," 1647. Fio. 5.— THE DIVING APPARATUS...
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Cornelis Drebbel en zijne tijdgenooten

Francis Mauritius Jaeger - Scientists - 1922 - 164 pages
...elke alchemist over het „elixir" zou gesproken hebben: „I was answer'd that DREBELL conceiv'd, that it is not the whole body of the Air, but a certain Quintessence (as Chymists speake) or spirituous part of it, that makes it fit for respiration, which being spent,...
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The London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science

Physics - 1846 - 624 pages
...surviving relatives into the principle of his contrivance, it appeared, that " he conceived it to be not the whole body of the air, but a certain quintessence or spiritual part of it that makes it fit for respiration, which being spent, the remaining grosser body,...
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