An edition of Tracts
(1617)
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 Robert Boyle
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Air, Chemistry, Cosmology, Early works to 1800, Physics, Pneumatics, SciencePeople
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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.
1674, Printed by W.G. and are to be sold by M. Pitt
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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
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Book Details
Table of Contents
General t.-p.
Preface to additional tract no. 1 "New experiments ..." (2 leaves).
Preface to "Suspicions ..." (2 leaves).
New experiments about the preservation of bodies in vacuo Boyliano, London, 1674 (1 p.l., 17 p.) [additional tract no. 1].
I. Suspicions about some hidden qualities in the air (no t.-p., 71 p.; p. 53-71: Of celestial & aerial magnets).
Observations about the growth of metals in their ore exposed to the air, London, 1674 (1 p.l., 25 p.) [additional tract no. 2].
Some additional experiments relating to the suspicions about the hidden qualities of the air, London, 1674 (1 p.l., 13 p.) [additional tract no. 3].
II. Animadversions upon Mr. Hobbes's Problemata de vacuo, London, 1674 (5 p.l., 94 p.).
III. Of the cause of attraction by suction, a paradox, London, 1674 (3 p.l., 67 p.)
Edition Notes
The contents of the volume, including three additional tracts, each with special t.-p., are arranged differently from the copy described by Hazlitt (Bibl. coll. & notes, 3d ser., p. 22) and from other copies varying from Hazlitt's.
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