Record

RefNoRB/2/21/2
Previous numbersMS 190, fol. 6
LevelItem
TitleMaterial relating to 'Notion of Nature'.
DateMid - to late 1680s
Description(recto:) MS version of `Advertisement', hastily written after Boyle has seen printed sheets for most of the book; several changes prior to publication. \r\n(verso:) MS version of transitional paragraph on vacuums at end of section VII, axiom IV.\r\nHand: Greg
LanguageEnglish
ExtentFol. 6 (1 leaf)
FormatManuscript
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterial 'Works', vol. 10, p. 443, 533. \r\nText on recto published in M. Hunter and E. Davis, 'The Making of Robert Boyle's Notion of Nature (1686)', 'Early Science and Medicine', 1 (1996), p. 227.
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