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RefNoRB/2/17/55
Previous numbersMS 186, fols. 91v-105
LevelItem
TitleMS versions of various parts of published prefaces to 'Medicinal Experiments', and also related, unpublished material.
Datec 1690
Description(i) Fols. 91v-3: Vol. II, `Author's Preface', paragraph 3, nearly as printed; (ii) Fol. 93v: Vol. I, `Author's Preface', related to paragraph 3; cf. 1688 edition, `Advertisements', paragraph II, but MS postdates that edition; (iii) Fols. 94v-7: Vol. II, `Author's Preface', paragraph 2, as printed; (iv) Fols. 97v-8: Unpublished paragraph, apparently intended for Vol. II, `Author's Preface'; (v) Fols. 98v-9: Vol. II, `Author's Preface', paragraph 4, as printed; (vi) Fols. 99v-101: Vol. II, `Author's Preface', paragraph 1, as printed; (vii) Fols. 103v-5: Unpublished passage, explaining why he has not hesitated to include Galenic medicines in his collection.\r\nHand: Bacon,Greg (105v), correc by Greg.
LanguageEnglish
ExtentFols. 91v-105 (15 leaves)
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterial 'Works', vol. 11, p. 176;\r\n 'Works', vol. 12, pp. 209-12.\r\nUnpublished material discussed in M.Hunter, 'Robert Boyle: Scrupulosity and Science' (2000), pp. 202-22, passim.
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