The Works of Robert Boyle, Part I Vol 1 [Hardcover]

Including all Robert Boyle's published works, this is the first 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.Including all Robert Boyle's published works, this is the first seven volumes of a 14-volume setVOLUME I General Introduction Textual Note Publications to 1660 Preface Synopsis of the Edition, and List of Short-titles used for Boyle s Works General Introduction The Making of an Author: Boyle s Intellectual Evolution to c. 1660 2: Boyle s Lists of his Writings and his Subsequent Intellectual Development 3: The Publication of Boyle s Works: Editors, Booksellers and Printers 4: Latin Translations of Boyle s Works 5: The English Philosopher : the Reception and Collection of Boyle s Works Textual Note 1 : The Edition and its Rationale 2: Editorial Policies Appendix: Works sometimes attributed to Boyle omitted from this edition Introductory Notes An Invitation to a free and generous Communication of Secrets and Receits in Physick (1655) Fran?ois Perreaud, The Devill of Mascon (1658) The Copy of a Certain Large Act of Yonkers L. de Bils (1659) Some Motives and Incentives to the Love of God (Seraphic Love) (1659) An Occasional Reflection (1663) New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, Touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects (1660) Sharrock s preface to the Latin edition of Spring of the Air (1661) GlossaryUSCopyright ? Taylor & Francis 1999