Including all Robert Boyle's published works, this is the final seven volumes of a 14-volume set. All texts are fully annotated and comprehensively indexed. Works originally in Latin are presented in their contemporary English translations.
VOLUME 8 Publications of 1674-6, Introductory Notes, The Excellency of
Theology Compard with Natural Philosophy (1674), About the Excellency and
Grounds of the Mechanical Hypothesis, Tracts... by the Honourable Robert
Boyle (1674), Suspicions about Some Hidden Qualities of the Air, Observations
about the Growth of Metals, Animadversions upon Mr Hobbes Problemata de
Vacuo, Of the Cause of Attraction by Suction, New Experiments about the
Preservation of Bodies, Some Considerations about the Reconcileableness of
Reason and Religion (1675), About the Possibility of the Resurrection,
Experiments, Notes, &c., about the Mechanical Origin of Qualities (1675-6),
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 Alcali and Acid,
Experiments and Notes about the Mechanical Origin of Volatility, Experimental
Notes of the Mechanical Origin or Production of Fixedness, Experiments and
Notes about the Mechanical Origin or Production of Corrosiveness, 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, Papers in Philosophical
Transactions, 1674-6 Glossary
Michael Hunter, Edward B Davis
