Robert Boyle

(1627 – 1691), natural philosopher

Earliest work: Boyle to Richard Boyle, First Earl of Cork 18 February 1636 (1636)

Latest work: The General History of the Air (1691)

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An Advertisement of Mr Boyle about the Loss of Many of his Writings
The Aerial Noctiluca: Or Some New Phenomena, and a Process of A Factitious Self-Shining Substance
Animadversions upon Mr Hobbes's Problemata de Vacuo
An Appendix to the First Part of the Christian Virtuoso
Boyle to Oldenburg
Boyle to the Secretary of the Royal Society
[Boyle] to Unknown Correspondent
Catalogue of the Philosophical Books and Tracts written by Boyle
Close section Certain Physiological Essays
- A Proemial Essay
- Close section Two Essays, Concerning the Unsuccessfulness of Experiments
  - Of the Unsuccessfulness of Experiments
  - Of Unsucceeding Experiments
- Some Specimens of an Attempt to make Chemical Experiments Useful to Illustrate the Notions of the Corpuscular Philosophy
- The History of Fluidity and Firmness
Close section The Christian Virtuoso
- Reflections upon a Theological Distinction
- Greatness of Mind, Promoted by Christianity
The Christian Virtuoso, The Second Part
A Continuation of New Experiments Physico-Mechanical Touching the Spring and Weight of the Air, and their Effects
A Continuation of New Experiments Physico-Mechanical Touching the Spring and Weight of the Air, And their Effects: The Second Part
A Defence of the Doctrine Touching the Spring and Weight of the Air
The Devil of Mascon (trans.)
Close section 9. Dialogues on the Limitations of Human Reason and Theological Papers
- a. How the Christian Religion conforms to Reason
- b. The Weakness of the Human Understanding revealed in its Native Light
- c. On the Diversity of Religions
- e. Introduction to my loose Notes Theological
- d. A Letter to Mr H[enry] O[ldenburg]
Close section A Discourse of Things above Reason
- Advices in Judging of Things said to transcend Reason
Close section A Disquisition about the Final Causes of Natural Things
- Some Uncommon Observations about Vitiated Sight
An Essay about the Origin and Virtues of Gems (1672)
Close section An Essay of the Great Effects of Even Languid and Unheeded Motion
- An Experimental Discourse of Some Unheeded Causes of the Insalubrity and Salubrity of the Air
Essay of the Holy Scriptures
Essays of Effluviums (1673)
An Examen of Mr T. Hobbes' Dialogus Physicus De Natura Aeris
Close section The Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy
- About the Excellency and Grounds of the Mechanical Hypothesis
Close section Experimenta et Observationes Physicae
- Strange Reports
Experiments and Considerations about the Porosity of Bodies, in two Essays
Experiments and Notes about the Producibleness of Chemical Principles
Close section Experiments touching Colours
- Observations about Mr. Clayton's Diamond
Close section Experiments, Notes, &c., about the Mechanical Origin or Production of diverse particular Qualities
- Of the Mechanical Origin of Heat and Cold
- Experiments, and Observations, about the Mechanical Production of Tastes
- Experiments, and Observations, about the Mechanical Production of Odours
- Of the Imperfection of the Chemists' Doctrine of Qualities
- Reflections upon the Hypothesis of Alkali and Acid
- Experiments, and Notes, about The Mechanical Origin and Production of Volatility
- Experimental Notes of the Mechanical Origin or Production of Fixedness
- Experiments and Notes about the Mechanical Origin or Production of Corrosiveness and Corrosibility
- Of the Mechanical Causes of Chemical Precipitation
- Experiments and Notes about the Mechanical Production of Magnetism
- Experiments and Notes about the Mechanical Origin or Production of Electricity
A Free Discourse against Customary Swearing and a Dissuasive from Cursing
A Free Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature
The General History of the Air
Hydrostatical Paradoxes (1666)
An Invitation to Free Communication
Large Act of Anatomy (trans.)
Close section 10. Later medical writings
- a. Preface to 'Medical Prescriptions Communicated to Robert Boyle'
- b. Section of 'Medicina Chromatica'
Close section Lists of Boyle's Unpublished Writings, 1650–1744
- Materials and Addenda
- List of essays and experiments
- The Order of My Several Treatises
- List of Tracts
- Verse mnemonic based on 'The Order'
The Martyrdom of Theodora, and of Didymus
Close section 6. Material relating to Mechanical Origin of Qualities
- a. Experimental Notes on the Mechanical Production of Light
- b. Tract about Flame
- c. Notes on the Mechanical Production of Malleability and Rigidity
Close section Material relating to The Usefulness of Natural Philosophy
- a. Sections from the original manuscript version of The Usefulness of Natural Philosophy
- b. Texts and fragments of essays relating to The Usefulness of Natural Philosophy Part II, section 2
Medicina Hydrostatica: or, Hydrostatics applied to the Materia Medica
Close section Medicinal Experiments
- Medicinal Experiments: The First Volume
- Medicinal Experiments: The Second Volume
- Medicinal Experiments: The Third and Last Volume
Memoirs for the Natural History of Humane Blood, Especially The Spirit of that Liquor
Close section 7. Miscellaneous Scientific Papers
- a. Notes upon the 27th. Section
- b. Diverse Phenomena depend upon the Superficial pores of bodies
- c. About an Inch of Water
- d. Discourse on the Nature and Effects of the Earth's Magnetism
- e. Memoirs for the Natural History of Tin
Close section Moral epistles
- To my Mistress presenting her the Amorous Controversies
- Against Painting
- To Mrs John Dury
- To 'Prince of the Round Table'
- The Duty of a Mother's being a Nurse, asserted
- For Fidelia
- Against Confidence
- Close section Miscellaneous Moral Letters
New Experiments about the Preservation of Bodies in Vacuo Boyliano
Close section New Experiments and Observations Made upon the Icy Noctiluca
- A Chemical Paradox
New Experiments concerning the Relation between Light and Air
Close section New Experiments touching Cold
- Appendix to the precedent History of Cold
New Pneumatical Experiments about Respiration
Observations about the Growth of Metals in their Ore Exposed to the Air
Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects (1665)
Of a Degradation of Gold Made by an Anti-Elixir: A Strange Chemical Narrative
Of Absolute Rest in Bodies (1669)
Of the Atomical Philosophy
Of the Cause of Attraction by Suction
Of the High Veneration Man's Intellect owes to God: Peculiarly for His Wisdom and Power
Of the Reconcileableness of Specific Medicines to the Corpuscular Philosophy
Of the Study of the Book of Nature
The Origin of Forms and Qualities (1666-7)
Close section Papers in Philosophical Transactions, 1665-7
- An Account of a very odd Monstrous Calf
- An Observation imparted to the Noble Mr Boyle, by Mr David Thomas
- Observables upon a Monstrous Head [of a Colt]
- Some Anatomical Observations
- Of a place in England, where, without petrifying Water, Wood is turned into Stone
- A farther Account of an Observation abovementioned, about white Blood
- A Confirmation of the former Account touching the late Earthquake near Oxford
- Some Observations and Directions about the Barometer
- General Heads for a Natural History of a Country
- A way of preserving Birds taken out of the Egg, and other small Foetuses
- An Account of a New kind of Baroscope, which may be called Statical
- A new Frigorific Experiment showing, how a considerable degree of Cold may be suddenly produced
- Other Inquiries concerning the Sea
- Articles of Inquiries touching Mines
- The Method observed in Transfusing the Blood out of one Animal into another
- Trials for the improvement of Transfusing Blood out of one live Animal into another
- Proposals to try the Effects of the Pneumatic Engine exhausted, in Plants, Seeds, Eggs of Silkworms
- A Confirmation Of the Experiments on injecting Acid Liquors into Blood
Papers in Philosophical Transactions, 1671-3
Close section Papers in Philosophical Transactions, 1674-6
- An Account of the two Sorts of the Helmontian Laudanum
- A Conjecture on the Bladders of Air that are found in Fishes
- A New Essay Instrument
- New Experiments about the weakened Spring, and some unobserved Effects of the Air
- Of the Incalescence of Quicksilver with Gold
- New Experiments about the Superficial Figures of Fluids, especially of Liquors Contingent to other Liquors
Close section Papers in Robert Hooke's Lectures and Collections and Philosophical Collections and in Philosophical Transactions
- A short Memorial of some Observations made upon an Artificial Substance, that shines without any precedent Illustration.
- A New Lamp
- An Historical account of a strangely self-moving Liquor
Close section Papers on petrifaction and mineralogy
- Thoughts and Observations about the Generation of Minerals
- Of the Existence of the Lapidescent Juice
- Of Subterraneal Steams
Close section 8. Papers relating to Notion of Nature and Final Causes
- a. Suppressed or discarded sections of Notion of Nature
- b. Appendix to Final Causes
Posthumous papers in Philosophical Transactions
Salt-water Sweetened: Or, a True Account of the Great Advantages of this New Invention both by Sea and by Land (co-author)
The Sceptical Chemist
Close section Scriptural reflections, moral essays and miscellaneous
- Scripture-Reflections
- Occasional Meditations
- Of the Study and Exposition of the Scriptures
- The Life of Joash
- Self-Conversation
- Of Designs and Undertakings
- Of Valour
- The Gentleman
- A Mere fine Gentleman
- Escaping into his Study, out of a Crowd of extraordinarily vain Company of both Sexes
Close section Sections of treatises from the late 1650s
- Fragments of Dialogues concerning Flame and Heat and of The Requisites of a Good Hypothesis
- Fragments of 'Essay on Spontaneous Generation'
Seraphic Love
Short Memoirs for the Natural Experimental History of Mineral Waters
Close section Some Considerations about the Reconcileableness of Reason and Religion
- Some Physico-Theological Consideration about the Possibility of the Resurrection
Some Considerations touching the Style of the Scriptures
Some Receipts of Medicines
The Spring of the Air
Suspicions about Some Hidden Qualities in the Air
Close section Texts published in Birch’s 'Life' of Boyle
- Essay of the Holy Scriptures
- i. Sequel to the 1688 advertisement
- ii. Justification of writing on single sheets
- iii. Complaint about plagiarism
- iv. Further complaint about plagiarism
- v. Advertisement curtailing Boyle’s willingness to receive visitors
- vi. Undated letter to 'Mr. N.' prefacing a collection of 'Processes Chymical & Medicinal'
Tracts about the Cosmical Qualities of Things
Tracts consisting of Observations about the Saltness of the Sea
Tracts of a Discovery of the Admirable Rarefaction of Air
Tracts touching the Relation betwixt Flame and Air
The Usefulness of Natural Philosophy, Part I
The Usefulness of Natural Philosophy, Part II
The Usefulness of Natural Philosophy, Part II, sect. 2

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