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The sceptical chymist, or, Chymico-physical doubts & paradoxes : touching the Spagyrist's principles commonly call'd hypostatical, as they are wont to be propos'd and defended by the generality of alchymists : whereunto is praemis'd part of another discourse relating to the same subject / by the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - E.F. Smith Collection Boyle 33
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.
- Standardized Title:
- Sceptical chymist
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chemistry--Early works to 1800.
- Chemistry.
- Physical Description:
- 18 unnumbered pages, 34 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 35-442 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Chymico-physical doubts & paradoxes
- Sceptical chemist, or, Chymico-physical doubts & paradoxes
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, and are to be sold at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1661.
- Notes:
- Also available in an online ed.
- Signatures: pi1 A-C⁸ D⁸(D1+chi1) E-2E⁸ 2F² [par.]⁴.
- Second title leaf inserted after leaf D1 (p. 34): The sceptical chymist: or Chymico-physical doubts & paradoxes, touching the experiments whereby vulgar spagyrists are wont to endeavour to evince their salt, sulphur and mercury, to be the true principles of things.
- Last leaf blank.
- Pages 190-191 misnumbered 186-187.
- Errata on p. 437-442.
- Local Notes:
- Edges mended.
- Last leaf (blank) wanting.
- Cited in:
- Wing (2nd ed.) B4021
- Fulton, J.F. Boyle (2nd ed.), 33
- OCLC:
- 3815192
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