The origine of formes and qualities, (according to the corpuscular philosophy) illustrated by considerations and experiments (written formerly by way of notes upon an essay about nitre) by ... Robert Boyle ...

Title

The origine of formes and qualities, (according to the corpuscular philosophy) illustrated by considerations and experiments (written formerly by way of notes upon an essay about nitre) by ... Robert Boyle ...

Author

Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.

Publication

Oxford [Oxfordshire] :: Printed by H. Hall ..., for Ric. Davis,

1666.

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Subject terms

Matter -- Constitution -- Early works to 1800.

Light, Corpuscular theory of -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• imprimatur
• The Publisher to the Ingenious Reader.
• errata
• The Praeface.
• CONSIDERATIONS, AND EXPERIMENTS touching the Origine of Qualities, and Forms. The Theoricall Part.
  • An EXCƲRSION about the Relative Nature of Phy∣sical Qualities.
  • (Of the Nature of a Forme.)
  • (Of Generation, Corruption, and Alteration.)
• CONSIDERATIONS and EXPERIMENTS, Touching the Origine of QUALITIES and FORMS. THE HISTORICAL PART.
  • The I. SECTION. The I. SECTION, Containing the Observations.
    • I.
    • II.
    • III.
    • IV.
  • OF THE ORIGINE OF FORMS.
    • I. EXPERIMENTS, and THOUGHTS, about the Production and Repro∣duction of FORMS.
      • Doubts and Experiments, touching the Curious Figures of SALTS.
    • II. Experimental Attempts about the Redintegration of Bodies.
  • notes
    • errata
    • ADVERTISEMENTS about the ensuing II. SECTION.
  • The II. SECTION, containing the EXPERIMENTS.
    • Experiment I.
    • Experiment II.
    • Experiment III.
    • Experiment IV.
    • Experiment V.
    • Experiment VI.
    • Experiment ƲII.
    • Experiment VIII.
    • Experiment IX.
    • The X. Experiment.
• ERRATA.