Robert Boyle's landmark book of 1660 with the first experiments on rarified air

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-39

  West, John B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pump; Combustion; Mercury barometer; Pressure volume behavior; Respiration; Vacuum

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BREATHING; BURN; COMBUSTION; GAS; HYPOBARISM; LIQUID; MAGNETISM; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SMOKE; SOUND;

AIR; ENGLAND; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; PHYSICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTRAITS; RESEARCH; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 11144314340     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00759.2004     Document Type: Review

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