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Oxford: Printed by Henry Hall Printer to the University, for Richard Davis, 1669 A very good copy in new quarter leather binding with raised bands to spine and title label and gilt date, and marbled boards. Complete with 8 fold-out plates, and decorative head and tailpieces. A continuation of Robert Boyle's work on gases published in 1660. He was a significant experimental physicist, best known for the formulation of Boyle's Law in 1662. It is now known that this also drew on work by Richard Towneley and Henry Power who has been working on the study of gases from 1653. Their work was affected by Boyle's 1660 publication and they completed their experiment in 1661, forwarding their results to the Royal Society who passed it on to 'interested persons' including Boyle. Boyle credited Towneley with the discovery, but the published equation was Boyle's and became Boyle's Law. This work is an update on Boyle's continuing experimentation. [ref Webster, Nature Vol 197 Jan 1965]. Contents: title; preface 12pp;… Read More

Oxford: H Hall, 1662. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 6" . None. A scarce, second edition of Robert Boyle"s important scientific work. This volume is the first appearance of Boyle"s Law. Boyle worked hard to devise improvements on Otto von Guericke"s air pump or vacuum chamber.  His end result was the "machina Boyleana" or "Pneumatical Engine" which was finished in 1659. His account of the work was in this work. ESTC reference no R26549. Prior owner"s inscription to the title page, John Blakey. Plate at page II has been repaired and laid down. This is the second edition, published two years after the first. It contains the first announcement of Boyle"s law, being the relation of pressure and volume in a gas. This was Boyle"s most important achievement in experimental physics. Retaining the two engraved plates. The first plate has been repaired and laid down on linen.   Collated: this work is lacking the half-title, quires N-2A in part I and the… Read More