TENTAMINA QUAEDAM PHYSIOLOGICA diversis temporibus & occasionibus conscripta a Roberto Boyle, cum ejusdem Historia fluiditatis et firmitatis, ex Anglico in Latinum sermonem translata.
by Boyle, Robert (1627-1691)
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Amsterdam: Daniel Elzevir, 1667. Hardcover. Very Good-. Elzevir Printer's mark to Titlepage. . Duodecimo (132x67mm) 18th century roan spined marbled boards (upper hinge repaired/head of spine chipped/tips worn) All edges rouged. Titlepage +[6] +424pp. Coat of arms bookplate & location on front end-paper otherwise completely unmarked crisp copy. *The only Elzevir edition. These essays are the first edition of Boyle's work in Latin to be printed on the continent. Physiologica in this sense included discourses on physics, chemistry, meteorology, medicine & related subjects as well as observations that we would still classify as physiology (eg. dog's digestive system). There are accounts of purely chemical research. According to Fulton "the importance of this work lies in the fact that in a very real sense it was a prologue to the Sceptical Chymist since it continued the attack on the alchemists began in New experiments, and actually it was as much of a landmark in the history of chemistry" [as those other works]. It gives the first clear outline of his corpuscular theory of the nature of matter (References: Fulton 29, Wellcome I 221, Garrison & Morton).
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- TENTAMINA QUAEDAM PHYSIOLOGICA diversis temporibus & occasionibus conscripta a Roberto Boyle, cum ejusdem Historia fluiditatis et firmitatis, ex Anglico in Latinum sermonem translata.
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- Boyle, Robert (1627-1691)
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- Elzevir Printer's mark to Titlepage.
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- Hardcover
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- Used - Very Good-
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- Publisher
- Daniel Elzevir
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1667
- Keywords
- chemistry science experiements
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