Tracts: containing I. Suspicions about some hidden qualities of the air; with an appendix touching celestial magnets, and some other particulars. II. Animadversions upon Mr. Hobbes's Problemata de vacuo. III. A discourse of the cause of attraction by suction. / By the Honourable Robert Boyle, Esq; ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.

Contributor:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hobbes, Thomas, 1588-1679. Problemata physica.

Hobbes, Thomas.

Air.

Pneumatics.

Magnetism--Early works to 1800.

Magnetism.

Vacuum.

Physical Description:

6 part in 1 volume ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by W. G. and are to be sold by M. Pitt, 1674.

Contents:

Suspicions about some hidden qualities in the air.

Observations about the grovvth of metals in their ore exposed to the air.

Some additional experiments relating to the suspicions about the hidden qualities of the air.

Animadversions upon Mr. Hobbes's Problemata de vacuo.

Of the cause of attraction by suction (the second t. p. described by Fulton)

New experiments about the preservation of bodies in vacuo Boyliano.

Notes:

Includes 3 additional tracts. Each work, except the Suspicions, has separate signatures and paging and special t. p. with imprint London, Printed by William Godbid, and are to be sold by Moses Pitt ...

Fulton 119 (variant imprints)

Imperfect: sig. A4-5 (p. 5-8) of the New experiments wanting; supplied in photostat copy.

OCLC:

26057093