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Record Nr.

UNISA996387847103316

Autore

Boyle Robert <1627-1691.>

Titolo

New experiments physico-mechanical, touching the air [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : Printed by Miles Flesher for Richard Davis, bookseller in Oxford, 1682]

Edizione

[The third edition : whereunto is added a defence of the author's explication of the experiments, against the objections of Franciscus Linus and, Thomas Hobbs.]

Descrizione fisica

[16], 203, [12], 117, [8], 102, [2] p., 2 leaves of plates (1 folded) ; ; 21 cm

Altri autori (Persone)

SharrockRobert <1630-1684.>

BoyleRobert <1627-1691.>

Soggetti

Air

Air-pump

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title taken from half-title. Each of the three works has special t. p. and separate paging; the third has separate signatures.

Contains the first formulation of Boyle's law.

"A catalogue of all the philosophical works published by our author": p. [1]-[2] at end.

Edited by Robert Sharrock.

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.

Nota di contenuto

New experiments physico-mechanical, touching the spring of the air, and its effects, made, for the most part, in a new pnuematical [sic] engine : written by way of letter to the Right Honorable Charles Lord Vicount of Dungarvan, eldest son to the Earl of Corke / by the Honorable Robert Boyle Esq. -- A defence of the doctrine touching the spring and weight of the air, propos'd by Mr. R. Boyle in his New physico-mechanical experiments, against the objections of Franciscus Linus : wherewith the objector's funicular hypothesis is also examin'd / by the author of those experiments -- An examen of Mr. T. Hobbs his Dialogus physicus de naturâ aëris, as far as it concerns Mr. Boyle's book of New experiments touching the spring of the air, &c. : with an appendix touching Mr. Hobbs's doctrine of fluidity and firmness / by



the author of those experiments.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113