Tracts : consisting of observations about the saltness of the sea: an account of a statical hygroscope and its uses: together with an appendix about the force of the air's moisture: a fragment about the natural and preternatural state of bodies. / By the Honourable Robert Boyle. ; To all which is premis'd a sceptical dialogue about the positive or privative nature of cold: with some experiments of Mr. Boyle's referr'd to in that discourse. By a member of the Royal Society.
| Author/creator | Boyle, Robert |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | The Second Edition. |
| Publication Info | London : Sold by S. Smith at the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church-yard., 1690. |
| Description | [190] p. in various pagings. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240883398 |
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| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| Contents | Of the positive or privative nature of cold, a sceptical dialogue ... -- Two problems about cold, grounded on new experiments, and proposed in a letter to a friend: an attempt to manifest and measure the great expansive force of freezing water; a new experiment about the production of cold by the conflict of bodies appearing to make an ebullition -- Observations and experiments about the saltness of the sea -- The fourth section belonging to the tract formerly published under the title, Relations about the bottom of the sea -- A paradox of the natural and preternatural state of bodies, especially of the air -- A statical hygroscope proposed to be farther tryed, in a letter to H. Oldenburgh Esq. ... -- A new experiment and other instances of the efficacy of the air's moisture. |
| General note | Imperfect: tightly bound, with loss of text. |
| General note | Reproduction of original in: Eton College. Library. |
| References | Wing (2nd ed.) B4053A |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2649:3) |
| Contains title | Relations about the bottom of the sea. |
| Other title | Of the positive or privative nature of cold. |
| Other title | Two problems about cold, grounded on new experiments. |
| Other title | Observations and experiments about the saltness of the sea. |
| Other title | Paradox of the natural and preternatural state of bodies, especially of the air. |
| Other title | Statical hygroscope proposed to be farther tryed. |
| Other title | New experiment and other instances of the efficacy of the air's moisture. |
| Stock number | CL0037000113 ProQuest Information and Learning 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103-1553 |
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