New experiments and observations touching cold, or, An experimental history of cold, begun. :
To which are added an examen of antiperistasis, and an examen of Mr. Hobs's doctrine about cold. Whereunto is annexed An account of freezing, brought in to the Royal Society, by the learned Dr. C. Merret, a Fellow of it. Together with an appendix, containing some promiscuous experiments and observations relating to the precedent history of cold. By the Honourable Robert Boyle, Fellow of the Royal Society.
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printed for Richard Davis, bookseller in Oxford,
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| Notes: | In part a reply to: Hobbes, Thomas. Problemata physica. The first leaf is blank. The three pages following 104 are numbered: (105, 106), (107, 108), (109, 110); the fourth page is blank. Two leaves are inserted after 2L1. The first, signed "Ll1", has heading "An advertisement". The second has caption title: A catalogue of all the philosophical works published by our author. "An account of freezing made in December and January, 1662" (caption atitle) has separate pagination; "An appendix containing some promiscuous experiments & observations relating to the precedent history of cold" has separate divisional title page and pagination; register is continuous throughout. Physical description: [40], 104, [4], 113-266, [4], 267-324, [4], 20, [2], 29, [1] p., [2] plates (1 folded) ; 4to Citations/References: Wing (2nd ed., 1994), B3997 Citations/References: Fulton, J. Boyle, 71 more |