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 15, 2024.
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COROLLARY IV.
From hence it likewise appears, that so sub∣tle, spirituous, and fugitive a Body as Fire, may by uniting with congruous Parts of Matter, form a ponderous and stable Body; and whether the Sun-beams may have the like effect on several Bodies it works upon, I shall leave to be consi∣dered. And I shall also leave others to consi∣der, whether all the Particles of Fire and Flame, that are subtle and agitated enough to penetrate Glass, and fasten themselves to included Bodies, be reduced by Ignition to the same Form, or
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else retain somewhat of their proper Qualities, only I shall add, that in such kind of Inquiries it may be of use to compare the specifick gravi∣ties of the Calces of Metals, made in Glasses, by the operation of Flames, whose Fuels are of very different Natures.
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