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Expand 1 - Boyle Papers1 - Boyle Papers
Collapse 2 - Notebooks of Robert Boyle and others2 - Notebooks of Robert Boyle and others
Expand 1 - Collection of alchemical tracts formerly owned by Sir Kenelm Digby.1 - Collection of alchemical tracts formerly owned by Sir Kenelm Digby.
2 - 'Excerpta made out of severall Authors. AD 1663': a commonplace book. Extracts from travel books, medical works and books on natural philosophy.
Expand 3 - Catalogue of John Warr's library and miscellaneous notes.3 - Catalogue of John Warr's library and miscellaneous notes.
4 - Concordance of medical data, arranged alphabetically by heading, part 1.
5 - Concordance of medical data, arranged alphabetically by heading, part 2.
6 - 'Clangor Buccinae: Le Son de Trompete ou du Clarion. Traicte excellent & admirable racceuilly d'une excripture fort ancienne: dicourant a tous philosophes fidellement & physicalement de la Pierre des Philosophes, Mis en francois par I. Fornier. 1573.
7 - Series of sermons on Phil. 4. 8.
8 - Medical commonplace book used by Boyle and Lady Ranelagh.
Expand 9 - MS 439 - MS 43
Expand 10 - Boyle's Geneva notebook.10 - Boyle's Geneva notebook.
11 - 'On the spirit of a Man' Theological treatise on text of 1 Thessalonians 5. 25.
12 - 'Enarratio methodica trium Geberi medicinarum in quibus continetur vera Lapidus Philosophici confectio'.
13 - George Starkey, Laboratory notebook.
14 - Concordance of medical data, arranged alphabetically by heading, part 1.
15 - Concordance of medical data, arranged alphabetically by heading, part 2.
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Collapse 17 - MS 18617 - MS 186
1 - Key to abbreviations.
2 - List in French of errata in English edition of 'Medicina Hydrostatica'.
3 - Names of South Sea, Scottish, and Indian herbs.
4 - Notes on shortcomings of chemists.
5 - MS version of part of 'Christ. Virt., II'.
6 - MS version of part of 'Christ. Virt., II'.
7 - Exerpt from preface or conclusion and Advertisement to planned and unpublished appendix for 'Mechanical Qualities', showing it 'at lest highly probably that flame fire &c. 'may' have a mechanical Origine'.
8 - Two advertisements, perhaps for 'Exp & Obs. Physicae'.
9 - Unpublished passage on medicines for the poor, for Boyle's essay on parable medicines.
10 - Verses on the contents of 14 collections of papers.
11 - On three 'classes' of experiments.
12 - Tasks recommended to 'Trallianus'.
13 - Proof of God's wisdom in fabric of human body.
14 - MS version of part of 'Exp. et Obs. Physicae'.
15 - `An Index of the Chapters of the Experimenta & Observationes Physicae'.
16 - Good uses of proven experiments.
17 - List of phenomena, mostly chemical.
18 - List of supernatural phenomena, evidently for second part of 'Strange Reports'.
19 - List of Boyle's unpublished writings.
20 - List of experiments with tin.
21 - Inventory of the content of various boxes, including 'the long box' in Boyle's bedroom.
22 - Introductory material on history of tin.
23 - Experiment on precipitate solution of sublimate with oil of tartar.
24 - Text concerning saltiness of sea.
25 - MS versions of various parts of 'Exp. et Obs. Physicae'.
26 - Material relating to 'Christ. Virt., II'.
27 - Introductory material, evidently relating to 'Medicina Chromatica'.
28 - Unpublished text on `The uses of the Chromatick examen', intended for 'Medicina Chromatica'.
29 - List of 'Particulars belonging to the Med Chrom'.
30 - Material relating to 'Exp. et Obs. Physicae'.
31 - Note on experiments missing from a collection.
32 - Introduction to work on tin and note on particulars relating to 'Medicina Chromatica'.
33 - List of virtues.
34 - List of phenomena to remember.
35 - Account of experiment by supposed adept.
36 - MS version of parts of 'Christ. Virt., II'.
37 - List of phenomena to remember.
38 - Material relating to 'Christ. Virt., II'.
39 - Introductory material, perhaps for 'Exp. et Obs. Physicae'.
40 - MS versions of various sections of 'Exp. et Obs. Physicae'.
41 - Miscellaneous medical notes.
42 - MS version of part of 'Christ. Virt., II'.
43 - MS version of part of 'Exp. et Obs. Physicae'.
44 - Behaviour of artificial acidulae.
45 - Effects of spirit of salt.
46 - How the 5th Article of unnamed treatise contains matters really belonging to history of light.
47 - MS version of part of 'Exp. et Obs. Physicae'.
48 - Introductory matter concerning medical work.
49 - MS version of part of 'Exp. et Obs. Physicae'.
50 - Introduction to 'Medicina Chromatica'.
51 - Contents of planned second volume of 'Medicina Hydrostatica'.
52 - Incomplete recipe.
53 - MS version of the list of Boyle's unpublished writings dated 3 July 1691.
54 - MS versions of parts of 'Christ. Virt., II'.
55 - MS versions of various parts of published prefaces to 'Medicinal Experiments', and also related, unpublished material.
56 - Unpublished paragraph relating how, `The opportunity that is presented me by the publication of the 2d Tome of the 'Experimenta & Observationes physicae' invites me to adde to the Chapter of other Communicated Observations two or three Chapters of Re
57 - Unpublished paragraph, hoping that readers will not hold him responsible for all the remedies in `the following Collection'.
58 - Four ways of celebrating God's attributes.
59 - List of things to remember.
60 - Material relating to 'Christ. Virt., II'.
61 - MS versions of parts of 'Christ. Virt., II'.
62 - List of `Supernaturall phenomena'.
63 - Material relating to 'Exp. et Obs. Physicae'.
64 - `A Postscript that was written after the Advertisements & many of the Papers belonging to the 2d Part of the Xtian Virtuoso'.
65 - Discarded version of preface to 'Medicinal Experiments.
66 - `Chapters design'd for the 2d Tomes [sic] of the Expt & Observ. physicae'
67 - Advertisement to 'Cogitationes Physicae'
68 - MS version of Advertisements at start of 'Christ. Virt., II'.
69 - Compatibility of scriptures with reason.
70 - Two different types of metaphysical dictate, and note on truths in astrology.
71 - MS version of part of 'Christ. Virt., II'.
72 - Deleted words only.
73 - Requisites of a parable medicine.
74 - Material relating to 'Christ. Virt., I, Appendix'.
75 - Medicine: further introductory remarks.
76 - 'A List of particulars for parable medecins'.
77 - Unpublished passage, apparently intended for 2nd tome of 'Exp. et Obs. Physicae'.
78 - `An Advertisement about the Lists of Mr Boyles Processes & Receipts'.
79 - MS version of part of 'Christ. Virt., II'.
80 - MS version of part of 'Christ. Virt., II'.
81 - `6 Propositions of the 2d part of the Christian Virtuoso'.
82 - Verses on 'Christian Virtuoso', part 2, on the use of experiments in philosophy, rules of philosophy, etc.
83 - 'A Transcript of Dr. Locks Notes about Light'.
84 - 'A short & true account of the present State of the E: India Companies' stock, as it now lyes before the honourable house of Commons'.
85 - `A Supplement to the tract of strange reports containd', with list of contents of 'Exp. & Obs. Physicae'.
86 - 'The French Kings Testimonie of the prince of Orange'.
87 - 'The Heads of the first Part of the Mutual good Offices of Reason and Revelation'.
88 - `Chapters design'd for the 2d Tome of Experimenta & Observationes physicae'
89 - Part of introduction to a compilation
90 - `Particulars belonging to the 'Medicina Chromatica'', list of topics to discuss.
91 - MS version of part of 'Christ. Virt., I, Appendix'.
92 - `Particulars belonging to the Medicina Chromatica', another list of topics to discuss.
93 - MS version of part of 'Christ. Virt., II'.
94 - Note on contents of folders of Boyle's papers.
95 - Notes on the acreage of Ireland, and the proportions of it owned by Protestants and Catholics before and after the Civil War.
96 - Notes on abbreviations.
Expand 18 - MS 18718 - MS 187
Expand 19 - MS 18819 - MS 188
Expand 20 - MS 18920 - MS 189
Expand 21 - MS 19021 - MS 190
Expand 22 - MS 19122 - MS 191
Expand 23 - MS 19223 - MS 192
Expand 24 - MS 19324 - MS 193
Expand 25 - Miscellaneous chymical recipes and material concerning Boyle's accounts and landholdings [Workdiary 33].25 - Miscellaneous chymical recipes and material concerning Boyle's accounts and landholdings [Workdiary 33].
Expand 26 - MS 19526 - MS 195
Expand 27 - MS 19627 - MS 196
Expand 28 - MS 19728 - MS 197
Expand 29 - MS 19829 - MS 198
Expand 30 - MS 19930 - MS 199
Expand 31 - MS 20031 - MS 200
Expand 3 - The Boyle Letters3 - The Boyle Letters
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