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 14, 2024.

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EXPERIMENT XIX.

TO shew that Colours may be alter'd, with∣out any Change in the Chymical Princi∣ples of a Body, I shall urge, that essen∣tial Oyls or Spirit of Wine being shaken, till

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Bubbles rise, they will afford, as long as they last, very lively Colours, and so does Water and Sope, made into Bubbles by Children; and so will Bubbles in Oyl of Turpentine and thin ones blown of Glass. And I have discern'd several Rainbows represented, by holding before my Ryes and the Sun, a Feather or a Piece of black Ribband.

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