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
EditionThe Second Edition.
Publication InfoLondon : Sold by S. Smith at the Prince's Arms in St. Paul's Church-yard., 1690.
Description[190] p. in various pagings.
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SeriesEarly 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 noteImperfect: tightly bound, with loss of text.
General noteReproduction of original in: Eton College. Library.
References Wing (2nd ed.) B4053A
Reproduction noteElectronic 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 titleOf the positive or privative nature of cold.
Other titleTwo problems about cold, grounded on new experiments.
Other titleObservations and experiments about the saltness of the sea.
Other titleParadox of the natural and preternatural state of bodies, especially of the air.
Other titleStatical hygroscope proposed to be farther tryed.
Other titleNew experiment and other instances of the efficacy of the air's moisture.
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