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

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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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EXPERIMENT XX.

* 1.1To try whether Fluid Bodies would retain their smooth Surfaces, when reduc'd to a Solid Form, I left Oyl of Aniseeds to coagulate upon Water, and found that that Superficies, which was Contiguous to the Air, as well as that which was next the Water, had each a peculiar kind of Roughness.

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