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BOYLE (ROBERT) New Experiments Physico-Mechanical Touching the Spring of the Air [-A Defence of the Doctrine... Against the Objections of Franciscus Linus; An Examen of Mr. T. Hobbes his Dialogus Physicus], 3 parts in 1 vol., Oxford, H. Hall [and J.G.], for T. Robinson, 1662
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BOYLE (ROBERT)
New Experiments Physico-Mechanical Touching the Spring of the Air [-A Defence of the Doctrine... Against the Objections of Franciscus Linus; An Examen of Mr. T. Hobbes his Dialogus Physicus], 3 parts in 1 vol., second edition, with half-title and blanks, 2 engraved plates (one folding), contemporary calf, very dry and worn [Wing B3999; Fulton 14; Garrison-Morton 666; Krivatsy 1660; Madan III 2586; PMM 143], 4to (195 x 150mm.), Oxford, H. Hall [and J.G.], for T. Robinson, 1662
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This edition is the first to contain the announcement of "Boyle's Law". "Boyle's experimental proof of the basis of physical property of air, namely that the volume of gas varies inversely with the pressure, constitutes one of the greatest contributions to physical science... it was further proved that air has weight, and the function of combustion and respiration in aire, the conveyance of sound and the elasticity of air all explained" (PMM).
