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Essays of the strange subtilty determinate nature great efficacy of effluviums. : To which are annext new experiments to make fire and flame ponderable: together with A discovery of the perviousness of glass
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- Creator
- by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Fellow of the Royal Society
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- Language
- English
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- London : Printed by W.G. for M. Pitt, at the Angel near the little North Door of St. Paul's Church., 1673
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- 8 unnumbered pages, 69 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 47 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 74 pages, 10 unnumbered pages, 85 pages, 7 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm
- OCLC
- ocm07042139, ocm07042139
- W.G. = William Godbid. M. Pitt = Moses Pitt.
- "Of the strange subtilty of effluviums." and "A discovery of the perviousness of glass ..." have separate, dated title pages; paginations and registers are continuous.
- "Of the great efficacy of effluviums." and "Of the determinate nature of effluviums." (division title pages) have separate paginations and registers.
- "New experiments to make the parts of fire and flame stable & ponderable." has separate, dated title page, with Godbid's and Pitt's names, in full, in imprint and separate pagination; register is continuous.
- Signatures: *⁴, A⁸-D⁸, E⁴, B⁸-D⁸, A⁸-L⁸.
- Includes errata (page 85 at end).
- Duveen's citation (for the presentation copy of this title from Robert Boyle to Sir Isaac Newton) misrepresents the title and cites the incorrect Fulton reference.
- Fulton, John F. Bibliography of the Honourable Robert Boyle (2nd ed.), 106
- Duveen, D.I. Bibliotheca alchemica et chemica, page 94
- English short title catalogue, R173031
- Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed. 1994), B3951A
- Of the strange subtilty of effluviums -- Of the great efficacy of effluviums -- Of the determinate nature of effluviums -- New experiments to make the parts of fire and flame stable & ponderable. New experiments to make fire and flame ponderable ; Additional experiments about arresting and weighing of igneous corpuscles -- A discovery of the perviousness of glass to ponderable parts of flame. With some reflexions on it by way of corollary. Subjoyned as an appendix to his experiment about arresting and weighting of igneous corpuscles -- The printer to the reader -- A catalogue of the writings publisht by the Honourable Robert Boyle
Subjects
- Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.
- Fire -- Early works to 1800.
- Chemistry.
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