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'Some New Experiments about Light and Air: Tryed by Robert Boyle'

Reference number: RBO/3/68

Date: 29 October 1667

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Details of nine experiments outlined
Read to the Royal Society on 28 November, 5 December and 12 December 1667

Reference number
RBO/3/68
Earliest possible date
29 October 1667
Page extent
17 pages
Format
Manuscript

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'Some New Experiments about Light and Air: Tryed by Robert Boyle', 29 October 1667, RBO/3/68, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_3_68/some-new-experiments-about-light-and-air-tryed-by-robert-boyle, accessed on 12 July 2025

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