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A brief account of some of Mr. [Robert] Boyle's experiments on the physical properties of air.

Subject: Chemistry

Reference number
CLP/24/70
Earliest possible date
30 April 1669
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Henry Oldenburg

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Henry Oldenburg, Account, 'An account of Mr. [Robert] Boyle's experiments on air' by Henry Oldenburg, 30 April 1669, CLP/24/70, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_24_70/account-an-account-of-mr-robert-boyles-experiments-on-air-by-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 12 August 2026

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