Apr 24, 2006 - Sale 2076

Sale 2076 - Lot 238

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BOYLE'S LAW BOYLE, ROBERT. New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, Touching the Spring of the Air, and its Effects. 4to, contemporary sheep, rebacked, cover corners restored; light dampstaining in lower outer corners with scattered traces of mold, tears in gutter through middle portion of volume affecting some text. London: H. Hall for Tho. Robinson, 1662

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Second edition of Boyle's first scientific work, originally published in 1660, describing the experiments in which he established the basic physical properties of the air. The new appendix in which he replied to critics of the first edition contains the