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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- Subject terms
- 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 15, 2024.
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THE PREFACE TO THE READER.
HAving already, in the Prefaces prefixed to the two preceding Volumes, intimated the Reasons brief∣ly, why I have placed the Subjects in the Order and Method they there appear in, I shall take the same Me∣thod in this. And,
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First, The Second Volume conclu∣ding with those Subjects which are more immediately the Objects of our Senses, viz. Tastes, Odours, and Colours, this Third begins with what our Author hath said in Relation to Cold and Heat; to which is added, what he hath delivered concerning Fire and Flame, and those Bodies which chief∣ly affect our Sight. And as for the remaining Part of the Book, it will be so evident to the Reader, that the Subjects bear a Relation one to ano∣oher, that there is no need I should alledge any thing else to suggest why I placed them in that Order.
And now having thus far at the last performed a Task which hath been so long desired, and which hath hi∣therto been so well accepted by the Learned; it would be Ingratitude in me not to return them Thanks, for re∣ceiving
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so candidly the Labours of one who values himself upon nothing more than that he hath had the opportunity of pas∣sing away his Time in their Service, and in contributing his Endeavours in a Work that may be useful in promoting Natural Knowledge: To do which, is not only the Study, but the Diversion of the Can∣did Reader's very Humble Servant,
R. BOULTON.