BOYLE, Robert. A Continuation of New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, touching the spring and weight of the air, and their effects. The I Part, Oxford: by Henry Hall for Richard Davis, 1669, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 8 folding engraved plates (accession stamp at foot of *2, plate VI soiled), modern marbled boards. [Fulton 16; Wing B3934] Provenance: JCL

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BOYLE, Robert. A Continuation of New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, touching the spring and weight of the air, and their effects. The I Part, Oxford: by Henry Hall for Richard Davis, 1669, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 8 folding engraved plates (accession stamp at foot of *2, plate VI soiled), modern marbled boards. [Fulton 16; Wing B3934] Provenance: JCL

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A NICE COPY. Plate V, fig. 1, shows the experiment in which Boyle sucked water up to the top of the Sheldonian theatre in Oxford with his pump (see illustration). Part II of the Continuation appeared in 1680 in Latin and in 1682 in English.

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