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RefNoRB/1/36/36
Previous numbersBP 36, fols. 57-8
LevelItem
TitleNotes on contents of various works by Boyle, including 'Christian Virtuoso, I, Appendix' (1),'Chaos of Notes relateing to Inflammability', 'Requisites of a Good Hypothesis' (2), writings on distillation, 'Ex & Obs. Physicae'.
Date1670s - 1680s
Description1. MS version of the fourth summary, showing changes in numbering of propositions and containing an early version of point 4. Also contains final 2 paragraphs in preamble to second part of 'Christian Virtuoso'.\r\nHand: Bacon
LanguageEnglish
ExtentFols. 57-8 (2 leaves)
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterial1. See 'Works', vol. 12, pp. 421, 432.\r\n2. published in M. B. Hall, 'Robert Boyle on Natural Philosophy' (1965), pp. 134-5, and Rose-Mary Sargent, 'The Diffident Naturalist' (1995), pp. 172-3.
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