Shelfmark
Gb.6.18
Author
Title
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; Fellow of the Royal Society.
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Boyle's tracts
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Observations about the growth of metals in their ore exposed to the air
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Observations about the grovvth of metals in their ore exposed to the air
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Some additional experiments relating to the suspicions about the hidden qualities of the air
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Animadversions upon Mr. Hobbes's problemata de vacuo
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Of the cause of attraction by suction, a paradox
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New experiments about the preservation of bodies in vacuo Boyliano
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by W[illiam].G[odbid]. and are to be sold by M. Pitt, at the Angel against the Little North Door of St. Paul's Church, 1674.
Physical description
[8], 71, [1]; [2], 25, [1]; [2], 13, [1]; [10], 94; [6], 67, [1]; [6], 17, [1]p ; 18cm. (8vo.)
Note
Previously: Fb.7.13.
Note
Printer's name from ESTC.
Note
"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", and "Ne experiments about the preservation of bodies in vacuo Boyliano"; each have separate pagination, register, and title page, with "printed by William Godbid, and are to be sold by Moses Pitt, ... 1674" in imprint.
Note
General title page cancelled and replaced with bifolium: blank leaf and cancel title page.
Note
"Of the cause of attraction by suction" has cancel title page on leaf A2.
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), B4054; Fulton, J. Boyle, 119
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. University Microfilms, 1973. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700; 446:30).
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1998. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, Tract supplement ; E3:3(Harl.5986[5])).
Provenance
Book-label of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.
Binding
17th century brown sprinkled calf; double blind fillet to form a border; four raised bands; faded red spine label; spine title: "Boyle's tracts".
Subject
Hobbes, Thomas, 1588 - 1679 Problemata physica
Subject
Air Early works to 1800.
Subject
Physics Early works to 1800.
Subject
Pneumatics Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Godbid, William printer.
Added entry--name
Pitt, Moses, fl. 1654 - 1696 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1667 - 1727 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B25412