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A28944 Certain physiological essays and other tracts written at distant times, and on several occasions by the honourable Robert Boyle ; wherein some of the tracts are enlarged by experiments and the work is increased by the addition of a discourse about the absolute rest in bodies. Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. 1669 (1669) Wing B3930; ESTC R17579 210,565 356

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