Paper, 'Imperfect paper of Mr Boyle' by Robert Boyle

Reference number: EL/B1/80

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Item is entitled 'imperfect paper of Mr Boyle'
The paper consists of a number of experiments
No. 18 concerns observations of the oils of cloves and aniseeds being heavier than water
No. 21 concerning what chemists call 'Regularis martis stellatus'
Unnumbered experiment concerning the azure solution formed by mixing the fermentation of urine and copper
On the reverse of this is a paper in French and in another hand

Reference number: EL/B1/80
Page extent: 10 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Robert Boyle

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Robert Boyle, Paper, 'Imperfect paper of Mr Boyle' by Robert Boyle, EL/B1/80, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_80/paper-imperfect-paper-of-mr-boyle-by-robert-boyle, accessed on 09 February 2025

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'Early letters': letters from correspondents in natural philosophy sent to the Royal Society and its Fellows
1613-1740 Reference number: EL
Early Letters B1
1659-1675 Reference number: EL/B1

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Dates: 1613-1740

The archival collection known as 'Early Letters' is composed of original manuscript letters sent to, or collected by, the Royal Society from English and foreign correspondents.

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