1st Edition
The Works of Robert Boyle, Part II Vol 6
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Routledge
Including all Robert Boyle's published works, this is the final seven volumes of a 14-volume set. All texts are fully annotated and comprehensively indexed. Works originally in Latin are presented in their contemporary English translations.
VOLUME 13 Unpublished writings, 1645-c. 1670, Introductory Notes Textual Note Appendix: Boyle’s plans in the 1660s for Usefulness, II, sect. 2 1. Early writings a. Original version of Martyrdom of Theodora b. Moral epistles c. Scriptural reflections, moral essays and miscellaneous 2. Writings from Boyle’s early scientific phase a. ‘Of the Study of the Book of Nature’ b. ‘Essay of the Holy Scriptures’ c. ‘Of the Atomicall Philosophy’ 3. Sections of treatises from the late 1650s a. ‘Of Poisons’ b. ‘Dialogues concering Heat and Flame’ and ‘Of the Requisites of a Good Hypothesis’ c. Essay on Spontaneous Generation. 4. Material relating to The Usefulness of Natural Philosophy a. Sections from the original version of Usefulness b. Texts and fragments of essays relating to Part II, sect. 2 of Usefulness 5. Papers on petrifaction and mineralogy a. ‘Thoughts and Observations about the Generation of Mineralls’ b. ‘Of the Existence of the Lapidescent Juice’ c. ‘Of Subterraneal Steames As they are capable of Affecting the Aire’ Textual Notes Glossary
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