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Boyle's Books: The Evidence of His Citations (2010)

Avramov, Iordan (Editor)
Hunter, Michael Cyril William (Editor)
Yoshimoto, Hideyuki (Editor)

The Robert Boyle Project

ISBN: 9780955160837

Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: xxvi + 35 pp.; ill.
Language: English

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Medicine Thermometers Earth sciences Temperature Natural philosophy Primary literature (historical sources) Barometer Atmosphere (Earth) Scientific apparatus and instruments Theories of heat Experiments and experimentation 17th century England Boyle, Robert

Cover illustration/frontispiece: Robert Boyle, Of the Reconcileableness of Specifick Medicines to the Corpuscular Philosophy (London, 1685), p. 70, showing a typical example of a citation by him in the form `Pag[ina] mihi', `page in my copy'. Wellcome Library, London, 15066/B. Figure 1. Inscription on the rear fly-leaf of Joachim D'Alencé, Traittez des barométres, thermométres, et notiométres, ou hygrométres (Amsterdam, 1688). University of Kent, Templeman Library, Special Collections M 2A5. x Figure 2. Robert Boyle, A Free Enquiry into the Vulgarly Receiv'd Notion of Nature (London, 1686), p. 344 (detail). Wellcome Library, London, 15071/B. xvi Figure 3. Robert Boyle, Medicina Hydrostatica (London, 1690), sig. A7 (detail). Wellcome Library, London, 15082/B. xvii Figure 4. Part of entry 71 in Workdiary 22, showing the usage of `p.m.' Royal Society Boyle Papers 8, fol. 83 (detail). © The Royal Society. xviii Figure 5. Robert Boyle, New Experiments and Observations touching Cold (London, 1665), p. 501, showing a `p[agina]' m[ihi]' reference in juxtaposition with a reference to the same book by `Pag.' Wellcome Library, London, 15022/A. xxvi All illustrations are reproduced to approximately the size of the originals

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