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Aristotle believed that the principal function of breathing was to cool the body: `The nature of animals requires cooling owing to the fiery nature of the soul which exists in the heart. It achieves this cooling by breathing.' Aristotle, On Breathing, XVI, Loeb, 467.
In the second century AD, Galen argued that the function of breathing was twofold: to cool the body, and to assist in the infusion of vital spirits to the arterial blood. In his De respiratione of 1603, Fabricius was still cleaving to the Galenian view. Before the function of breathing could be understood, Harvey would need to have discovered the circulation of the blood (1628), the materiality of air would need to have been demonstrated (by Robert Boyle, who showed in the 1660s that it had weight and compressibility), oxygen would need to be discovered (by Joseph Priestley in 1774) and its properties explicated (Lavoisier, 1780s and 1790s).
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Scientists think the first water vapor on Earth came from?
From the oceans
What day does scientists think world would end?
Scientist think the day the world is going to end is on December 21st, 2012
How do scientists think the world begun?
Acceation of dust and gas about 4.5 billion years ago.
What do scientists think the sun will explode?
I have never heard that scientists think the sun will explode. I do know they predict that our sun will eventually burn out. But its so far away, it takes billions of years for the dark to reach Earth. So I'm not too worried about the sun blowing up or burning out.
When was kpler-11b discovered?
10 December 2011(I'm guessing you mean the one which scientists think MIGHT have life on it?)
What do scientists do in zoos?
scientists save animals so you could say this animal is not breathing and the scintist would save its life.
What is spontaneous breathing?
Spontaneous breathing means that the person is breathing without having to think about it.
Scientists think that europa may have what?
The scientists think that Europa can have the life on it.
Is breathing somatic or autonomic?
Since you don't have to think about breathing, it is automatic.
When might you think about breathing?
When I am swimming.
What do scientists think that the Milky Way probably is?
Scientists think the milky way is stars, planetoids and other matter.
What do scientists think about Aliens?
Scientists rarely think about aliens, they're too busy thinking about science and scientific things.
Is it true that some scientists think we are made of quartz?
Some scientists think we are made of quartz because of its abundance in nature.
Why do scientists think corals are dying?
Scientists have seen bleached corals on the reefs.
Why do scientists think the triceratops became extinct?
scientists found the fossils of triceratops
What animal do scientists think has a magnetic sense?
a bird i think
Why you think scientists probably want to leave what they do open to revision?
why you think scientists probably want to leave wht they do open to revision?
