| <s>Now that Air too much thicken'd (and <lb/>as it were clogg'd) with Steams, is unfit <lb/>for Re&longs;piration, may appear by what is <lb/>wont to happen in the Lead-Mines of <emph type="italics"/>De­<lb/>von&longs;hire,<emph.end type="italics"/> (and, for ought I know, in tho&longs;e <lb/>too of other Countrys, though I have <lb/>&longs;een Mines where no &longs;uch thing was com­<lb/>plain'd of) for I have been inform'd by <lb/>more then one credible Per&longs;on (and parti­<lb/>cularly by an Ingenious Man, that has of­<lb/>ten, for curio&longs;ity, digg'd in tho&longs;e Mines, <lb/>and been imploy'd about them) that there <lb/>often ri&longs;es Damps, as retaining the <emph type="italics"/>Ger­<lb/>mane<emph.end type="italics"/> Word by which they call them) <lb/>which does &longs;o thicken the Air, that unle&longs;s <lb/>the Work-men &longs;peedily make &longs;igns to <lb/>them that are above, they would (which <pb pagenum="354"/>al&longs;o &longs;ometimes happens) be pre&longs;ently <lb/>&longs;tifled for want of Breath; and though <lb/>their Companions do make ha&longs;te to draw <lb/>them up, yet frequently, by that time <lb/>they come to the free Air, they are, as it <lb/>were, in a &longs;woon, and are a good while be­<lb/>fore they come to them&longs;elves again. </s> | <s>Now that Air too much thicken'd (and <lb/>as it were clogg'd) with Steams, is unfit <lb/>for Re&longs;piration, may appear by what is <lb/>wont to happen in the Lead-Mines of <emph type="italics"/>De­<lb/>von&longs;hire,<emph.end type="italics"/> (and, for ought I know, in tho&longs;e <lb/>too of other Countrys, though I have <lb/>&longs;een Mines where no &longs;uch thing was com­<lb/>plain'd of) for I have been inform'd by <lb/>more then one credible Per&longs;on (and parti­<lb/>cularly by an Ingenious Man, that has of­<lb/>ten, for curio&longs;ity, digg'd in tho&longs;e Mines, <lb/>and been imploy'd about them) that there <lb/>often ri&longs;es Damps, as retaining the <emph type="italics"/>Ger­<lb/>mane<emph.end type="italics"/> Word by which they call them) <lb/>which does &longs;o thicken the Air, that unle&longs;s <lb/>the Work-men &longs;peedily make &longs;igns to <lb/>them that are above, they would (which <pb pagenum="354"/>al&longs;o &longs;ometimes happens) be pre&longs;ently <lb/>&longs;tifled for want of Breath; and though <lb/>their Companions do make ha&longs;te to draw <lb/>them up, yet frequently, by that time <lb/>they come to the free Air, they are, as it <lb/>were, in a &longs;woon, and are a good while be­<lb/>fore they come to them&longs;elves again. </s> |
| <s>And <lb/>that this &longs;wooning &longs;eems not to proceed <lb/>from any Ar&longs;enical or Poy&longs;onous Exhala­<lb/>tion contain'd in the Damp, as from its <lb/>over-much conden&longs;ing the Air, &longs;eems pro­<lb/>bable from hence; That the &longs;ame Damps <lb/>oftentimes lei&longs;urely extingui&longs;h the flames <lb/>of their Candles or Lamps; and from <lb/>hence al&longs;o that it appears (by many Rela­<lb/>tions of Authentical Authors) that in <lb/>tho&longs;e Cellars where great &longs;tore of new <lb/>Wine is &longs;et to work, men have been &longs;uffo­<lb/>cated by the too great plenty of the &longs;teams <lb/>exhaling from the Mu&longs;t, and too much <lb/>thickning the Air: as may be gathered <lb/>from the cu&longs;tom that is now u&longs;ed in &longs;ome <lb/>hot Countrys, where tho&longs;e that have oc­<lb/>ca&longs;ion to go into &longs;uch Cellars, carry with <lb/>them a quantity of well kindled Coals, <lb/>which they hold near their Faces; where­<lb/>by it comes to pa&longs;s, that the Fire di&longs;cu&longs;­<lb/>&longs;ing the Fumes, and rarefying the Air re­<lb/>duces the ambient Body to a con&longs;i&longs;tence fit <lb/>for Re&longs;piration. </s></p> </chap> </body> <back></back> </text></archimedes> | |
| | <s>And <lb/>that this &longs;wooning &longs;eems not to proceed <lb/>from any Ar&longs;enical or Poy&longs;onous Exhala­<lb/>tion contain'd in the Damp, as from its <lb/>over-much conden&longs;ing the Air, &longs;eems pro­<lb/>bable from hence; That the &longs;ame Damps <lb/>oftentimes lei&longs;urely extingui&longs;h the flames <lb/>of their Candles or Lamps; and from <lb/>hence al&longs;o that it appears (by many Rela­<lb/>tions of Authentical Authors) that in <lb/>tho&longs;e Cellars where great &longs;tore of new <lb/>Wine is &longs;et to work, men have been &longs;uffo­<lb/>cated by the too great plenty of the &longs;teams <lb/>exhaling from the Mu&longs;t, and too much <lb/>thickning the Air: as may be gathered <lb/>from the cu&longs;tom that is now u&longs;ed in &longs;ome <lb/>hot Countrys, where tho&longs;e that have oc­<lb/>ca&longs;ion to go into &longs;uch Cellars, carry with <lb/>them a quantity of well kindled Coals, <lb/>which they hold near their Faces; where­<lb/>by it comes to pa&longs;s, that the Fire di&longs;cu&longs;­<lb/>&longs;ing the Fumes, and rarefying the Air re­<lb/>duces the ambient Body to a con&longs;i&longs;tence fit <lb/>for Re&longs;piration. </s></p> </chap> </body> |
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