The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates.

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Title
The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates.
Author
Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
Publication
London :: Printed for J. Phillips ... and J. Taylor ...,
1699-1700.
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Physics -- Early works to 1800.
Chemistry -- Early works to 1800.
Medicine -- 15th-18th centuries.
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"The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq., epitomiz'd by Richard Boulton ... ; illustrated with copper plates." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A28936.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 1, 2024.

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EXPERIMENT VI.
  • Feb. 10. 79.* 1.1 A Pound of Flesh was boil'd in Vacuo, with 4 pound of Water, and in 3 hours the Mercury, in a Gage which was contain'd in the upper Part of it, was not rais'd above 3 Inches. It Tasted ill, as also the Liquor which was made

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  • of the condens'd Vapours; it was not boil'd enough.
  • Feb. 11. The same Experiment was repeated, the Flesh being first sprinkled with Pepper and Cloves, the Mercury ascended 6 Inches, in the same time that before it was rais'd 3: It Tasted well, and the Liquor form'd of the Vapors Tasted strong of Pepper.

These Vessels seem proper to distil Bodies that are very thin and Volatile in.

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