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The Works of Robert Boyle, Vol. 13: Unpublished writings, 1645–c.1670
Michael Hunter and Edward B. Davis (eds)
Publisher: Pickering & Chatto
; The Works of Robert Boyle
Published in print:
2000
ISBN:
9781138764804
Published online:
October 2020
EISBN:
9780191805615
DOI:
10.1093/actrade/9781138764804.book.1
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Front Matter
Frontispiece
List of Abbreviations
Introductory Notes
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Unpublished Writings
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1. Early writings
a. Original version of Martyrdom of Theodora
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b. Moral epistles
To my Mistris presenting hir the Amorous Controversys
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
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Miscellaneous Moral Letters
To one that sent him Mr de S. De la Vanite du Monde
To Jacke
Letter concening 'Theodora'
To 'Count'
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c. Scriptural reflections, moral essays and miscellaneous
Scripture-Reflections
Occasionall Meditations
Of the Study & Exposition of the Scriptures
The Life of Joash
Self-Conversation
Of Desseins & Undertakings
Of Valour
The Gentleman
A Mere fine Gentleman
Scaping into his Study, out of a Crowd of extraordinarily vaine Company of both Sexes
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2. Writings from Boyle's early scientific phase
a. Of the Study of the Book of Nature
b. Essay of the Holy Scriptures
c. Of the Atomicall Philosophy
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3. Sections of treatises from the late 1650s
a. Observations out of Mr B. Essay of turning Poisons into Medicins
b. Dialogues concerning Flame and Heat and of The Requisites of a Good Hypothesis
c. Fragments of 'Boyle's Essay on Spontaneous Generation'
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4. Material relating to The Usefulness of Natural Philosophy
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a. Sections from the original manuscript version of The Usefulness of Natural Philosophy
Section on the stone discarded from original version of 'Essay III' of 'Usefulness, II, sect. I'
Sections of the original version of the latter parts of 'Usefulness' retaining original pagination
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b. Texts and fragments of essays relating to The Usefulness of Natural Philosophy Part II, section 2
Essay II: That the Empire of Man may be advanced by the skill of Physicists in Chemical matters
Further section, probably also of 'Essay II', dealing with methods of chemical analysis
Opening sections and fragments of text of putative essays for 'Usefulness, II, sect 2'
Fragments of text of essays
Essay the XI
Essay XIII
De Otio Physici.
De Imperfectione Historiae Naturalis
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5. Papers on petrifaction and mineralogy
a. Thoughts and Observations about the Generation of Mineralls
b. Of the Existence of the Lapidescent Juice
c. Of Subterraneal Steams
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End Matter
Textual Notes
Glossary
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