BOULTON JOHN HOSKYNS V. P. R. S. Vicesimo Septimo Martii 1699 THE WORKS OF THE HONOURABLE Robert Boyle Esq EPITOMIZ'D VOL. II. BY RICHARD BOVLTON of Brazen-Nose College in Oxford Illustrated with COPPER PLATES LONDON Printed for J. Phillips at the King 's Arms and J. Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard MDCC To His Excellency The Most Illustrious PRINCE CHARLES Duke of BOLTON Marquiss of Winchester Earl of Wiltshire and Baron St. John of Basing the Premier Marquiss of England one of the Lords Justices of the Kingdom of Ireland Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum for the Countys of Dorset and Southampton the Town of Southampton and County of the same Vice-Admiral of Southampton and the Isle of Wight Lord Warden of the New Forest in Hantshire and one of the Lords of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy-Council May it please Your Excellency SInce nothing contributes more to the Advancement of Natural Knowledge than the Encouragement of great and eminent Persons not only Custom but Interest hath generally inclined those who employ their time in the pursuit of it to shelter the Fruits of their Labours under the Protection of noble Patrons For as there can be no greater Motives to Virtue and Morality than the Favour of an Omnipotent Power so in the Affairs of this World we are most inclin'd to pursue whatever may deserve the Esteem of great Men or lead us into their Favour And if the Tree of Knowledge flourishes most under the favourable Patronage of Princes the Interest of Learning will at the same time be a good Plea to extenuate my Presumption and a great Argument why I should lay this at your Excellency's Feet For Illustrious SIR whilst amongst the happy Number of His Majestys Favourites we behold Your Excellency dignified with Titles of Honour at the same time we are surprized to see that no Titles can be so great but Your Excellency's Character adds a Lustre to and increases the Dignity of them A character which could I convey it down to future Ages I must be able to represent in the most lively Colours All the Virtues of a good and pious Christian the meek and liberal Temper of a Puissant and Noble Prince the Wisdom of a Counsellour and the Qualifications of one to whose Judgment and Sagacity the Administration of the Government of a Kingdom hath been in a great measure committed by the most Judicious and Sagacious of Kings But Illustrious SIR since the draught of so Noble a Character as Your Excellency's is too hard a Task for a Pen better qualified than mine I have sufficient reason to decline it and shall rather reflect on the Happiness of this Kingdom whilst so Great a King hath made choice of so Wise a Counsellor and the great Felicity of the Commonwealth of Learning whilst under the Patronage of so Illustrious a Prince as the Duke of BOLTON and particularly on my own Happiness under Your Excellency's Protection which is the more augmented by this opportunity of professing my self Most Illustrious SIR Your Excellency's Most Humble and Devoted Servant Richard Boulton THE PREFACE TO THE READER THE candid Acceptance of the former Volume and the favourable Approbation of the Learned having given the Booksellers sufficient Encouragement to proceed in Printing the two subsequent Volumes there is no need that I should on their part enlarge on the Subject of the Preface annexed to the first Volume to shew the Usefulness of the Design since the general Consent of the Learned hath already put that beyond Doubt Therefore having laid down the Reasons why I proceeded in such a Method as I have placed the Subjects in in the first Volume in the latter end of that Preface I shall without encreasing the bulk of this Volume with a long Preface briefly subjoyn the Rationale of this And First The first Volume ending with an Epitomy of the Honourable Author's first Continuation of Physico-Mechanical Experiments I have begun this with some Experiments belonging to that first Continuation and to them I have subjoyn'd his second Continuation to which by reason of some affinity betwixt particular Experiments that Treatise and another delivered in another Tract I have added a Chapter of Observations on Animals included in Vacuo and another relating to the same Subject out of the Philosophical Transactions And because these Observations engage our Thoughts in several things relating to the precedent Phaenomena of the Vacuum Boylianum and may remind us of what he bath delivered of the Spring and Weight of the Air I have in the next place laid down his Animadversions on Mr. Hobbes Problemata de Vacuo his Discourse of Attraction by Suction and what he hath deliver'd concerning the Barometer in the Philosophical Transactions And forasmuch as in all his Physico-Mechanical and other Experiments already deliver'd and tryed in Vacuo Boyliano we have several instances of the Rarefaction and Condensation of the Air c. hopeing it would help some to a seasonable Reflection on what was before delivered I have added what he hath taught concerning the admirable Rarefaction of the Air and the Duration of its Spring as also concerning its Condensation and admirable different Extension when rarified and compressed And since these Subjects renew our Considerations concerning the Spring of the Air I have added further a Chapter of the Weakened Spring of the Air out of the Philosophical Transactions And because the Spring and weight of the Air and their Effects are not the only Qualities and Considerations to be taken notice of in the Atmosphere from those I proceed to deliver what he hath Taught concerning Hygroscopes and their Utilities as also what he hath writ of the Efficacy of the Airs Moisture And because there are several Qualities in the Air which not only affect our outward Senses but have a manifest Influence on the Mass of Humours which circulate in our Bodies and on whose Tempers the Preservation or Distempers of a human Body depends I have added what he hath deliver'd concerning the Salubrity and Insalubrity of the Air whose variations in Temperature alter the Constitution of the Humors of our Bodies And since we are not only affected by manifest Qualities of the Air but also by occult ones I have laid down what our Author hath said on that Subject and since Magnetical and Electrical Qualities are generally accounted Occult ones I have added his Tracts on those Subjects And to conclude the Third Book I have added his General History of the Air which I have therefore placed the last relating to that Element because it consists of several Fragments which belong to several of the preceding Subjects or bear a relation to some others which follow concerning Colours Tasts and Odours And having thus ended the Third Book the Fourth contains those Subjects which have a more immediate Relation to the Outward Senses and are considered as their Objects which I therefore for distinction sake place together Of which what our Author
burst by the Airsmoisture page 274 Metals may be raised in the form of Vapors page 297 298 Of the ill Effects of Mineral Fumes page 293 Of the Celeftial and Aerial Magnets page 312 313 314 Of the Production of Magnetical Qualities page 315 316 317 Chymico-Magnetical Experiments page 318 319 320 321 322 Of Mists page 344 The Effects of the Air on Mineral Substances page 400 406 Of Maturation page 428 N. Nut-Kernels in a Receiver page 128 157 O. Oranges shut up in a Receiver page 67 83 84 88 119 149 Oyl per deliquium with Spirit of Wine page 145 Onyons in a Receiver page 69 81 159 Oysters page 177 207 Of the Effects of the Air on Odours page 403 Of the Mechanical Production of Odours page 429 430 431 432 P. Pears included in a Receiver page 75 92 126 136 160 171 Paste inclosed in a Receiver page 97 102 131 155 Pease in a Receiver page 104 128 Paper burnt in Vacuo page 113 Paste burnt in a Receiver page 114 Plums in a Receiver page 40 127 129 Peaches page 74 169 170 172 Antidotes against the Plague page 294 Why the Plague sometimes ceases unexpectedly page 295 The Vestigation of Plants c. page 410 Q. Quicksilver slacked in Vacuo page 12 Latent Qualities in the Air page 299 310 Whence p. 300 Of the Manifest Qualities of the Air page 375 376 394 Of the Production of manifest Qualities page 408 409 R. Roses in a Receiver page 83 89 165 Radishes with Claret page 142 Raisins of the Sun page 39 158 Rosemary and Water distilled in Vacuo page 191 A Roasted Rabbet in Vacuo page 195 Of Rain page 418 S. Whether Sounds be Propagated in Vacuo page 8 A Shrew-Mouse in a Receiver page 85 91 94 103 148 A Shrew-Mouse in a Wine-Gun page 94 A Snail in Artificial Air page 103 Sulphur Viv. in Vacuo page 114 A Solution of Salt in a Receiver page 138 Spirit Sal Armon with Copper page 145 151 Sal Armon and Oyl of Vitriol page 154 Sheeps Blood in Vacuo page 196 A Snake in Vacuo page 202 Steams elevated by the Air. page 222 A Slow-worm and a Leech in Vacuo page 123 The Reason of Suction page 232 236 238 Saline and Sulphureous Parts in the Air page 301 343 352 How raised Ibid. Seminal Principles of all sorts in the Air. page 304 Damasco Steel improved page 305 The Medium of Sounds 363 T. Tulips in a Receiver page 82. 120. 166 A Tube immersed in Water page 142 Venice Turpentine in a Wind Gun page 150 Calx of Tin page 167 Tadpoles in a Receiver page 217 Of Terrestrial Steams page 344 Of the Effects of the Air on Tasts page 404 Of the Mechanical Production of Tastes page 421 422. 423. 424. 425. 426. 427 V. Vinegar with Eels in Vacuo page 109 Vrine in Vacuo page 123 Violent Leaves page 196 A Viper in Vacuo page 201 213 215 Of the Production of Vitriol page 303 The Effects of the Air on Vegetable Substances page 398 W. Spirit of Wine and Oyl of Turpentine in Vacuo page 141 A Whiteing in Vacuo page 152 179 Of Winds page 359 Of the Production of Whiteness page 519 The End Books Printed for and sold by John Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard In FOLIO POOL's Annotations on the Holy Bible with Mr. Clark's Concordance to the same in 2 Vol. the 3d Edition Much corrected Monsieur Thevenot's Travels into Persia and the East-Indies Phillips's New World of Words or an Universal English Dictionary containing the proper Significations and Derivations of all Words from other Languages c. the 5th Edition with large Additions and Improvements from the best English and Foreign Authors Systema Agriculturae The Mystery of Husbandry discovered treating of the several new and most advantagious Ways of Tiling Planting Sowing Manuring Ordering and Improving all sorts of Gardens Orchards Meadows Pastures Corn Lands Woods and Coppices with Monthly Directions for Husbandmen and the Interpretations of Rukick Terms the 4th Edit IMPRIMATUR Liber Cui Titulus THE WORKS Of the HONOURABLE ROBERT BOYLE Esq EPITOMIZED By RICHARD BOULTON JOHN HOSKYNS V. P. R. S. Vicesimo Septimo Martii 1699. THE WORKS OF THE HONOURABLE Robert Boyle Esq EPITOMIZ'D VOL. III. BY RICHARD BOULTON of Brazen-Nose College in Oxford Illustrated with COPPER PLATES LONDON Printed for J. Phillips at the King'-s Arms and J. Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard MDCC TO THE Most Illustrious Prince WILLIAM Duke of Bedford Marquiss of Tavistock Earl of Bedford Baron Russel and Baron Russel of Thornhaugh Baron Howland of Streatham Lord Lieutenant of the Counties of Bedford and Cambridge and during the Minority of Wrichesly commonly called Marquiss of Tavistock his Grandson and Heir apparent Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex as also Custos Rotulorum for the said County and the Liberties of Westminster One of the Lords of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council and Knight of the most Noble Order of the Garter May it please your Grace THE Great and Noble Character which you have already obtained in the World hath justly obliged them both to applaud and admire You and no Wonder then that it should raise in me an Ambition to lay this at Your Feet where whilst I lye secure from the Censure of the World under your Grace's Patronage I have this great Advantage that in whatever I can say in relation to your Illustrious Character I cannot be Guilty of Flattery since the World universally agrees that Your Noble Qualifications are not unworthy so Noble a Prince Your Sagacity and Judgment not being less conspicuous in State Affairs than your Virtue and Piety in Divine things the Former having rendred You both acceptable and serviceable in Council as the Latter have made You an Eminent and Illustrious Example of Christianity so that You become serviceable to your Country upon a double score Your Virtues incite your Admirers to pursue and emulate Good Actions and your Wisdom and Prudence contribute to the well Governing of a People who are the more disposed to be Loyal and Good Subjects the more by Example you promote Religion which teaches them to obey Upon which Account we may truly say that You act not the Politician but what is much more difficult like a Wise and Prudent States-Man You gain the People not by Stratagem but Example But on this Ocasion I can make use of no greater Encomiums than what his Majesty hath been pleased to Honour You with in the Preamble to the Patent which creates you Duke where He declares in better Words than I am now Master of that as there was no Family in England more conspicuous in Virtue and Piety so he thought himself obliged to give Testimony of it by conferring that Honour on You which You long before deserved But not to enlarge too much on a Subject which the World is so well acquainted with I shall need to say no more than that in Your Illustrious Person
The honble Robert Boyle THE WORKS OF THE HONOURABLE Robert Boyle Esq EPITOMIZ'D VOL. I. By RICHARD BOULTON of Brazen-Nose College in Oxford Illustrated with COPPER PLATES Consilium est universum Opus Instaurationis Philosophiae potiùs promovere in multis quam perficere in paucis Verulamius LONDON Printed for J. Phillips at the King's Arms and J. Taylor at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-Yard MDCXCIX IMPRIMATUR Liber Cui Titulus THE WORKS Of the HONOURABLE ROBERT BOYLE Esq EPITOMIZ'D By RICHARD BOULTON JOHN HOSKYNS V. P. R. S. Vecesimo Septimo Martii 1699. ERRATA IN the Preface pag. 2. lin 13. read less entertaining Digressions P. 64. for dissolve into Crystals read dissolve shoot into Crystals P. 433. l. 7. read which would not have been done were c. P. 436. l. 1. read in our Third Plate In the Table under the Letter T. l. 2. dele their TO THE Right Honourable JOHN Lord SOMMERS BARON of Evesham Lord High Chancellor of England AND President of the ROYAL SOCIETY And to The Honourable Sir JOHN HOSKYNS Vice-President Together with the Council and Fellows Of the said SOCIETY INSTITUTED For the Advancement of Natural Knowledge This VOLUME Intitul'd an EPITOMY OF Mr. BOYLE's WORKS Is humbly Dedicated by RICHARD BOVLTON TO THE Right Reverend Father in GOD NICOLAS Lord BISHOP of CHESTER My LORD THAT I presume to lay a Book before Your Lordship which bears so mean a Name as mine in the Title-Page might want a better Apology than I could make were there not likewise the Illustrious Name of that justly esteem'd and most Famous Author the Honourable Mr. Boyle before it For were the following Sheets entirely the Products of my weak Endeavors only I should think it no small Piece of Vanity to hope for Your Lordship's Notice and much more to expect your Patronage But since the Honourable Author's Works have sufficiently recommended themselves to the Learned World and more especially to those that are most Eminent for Learning themselves He cannot but already amongst Those have deserved Your good Esteem and therefore should I endeavour an Encomium of so Great a Man by way of Apology for my present Presumption I should but let Your Lordship see that all I can say of so Eminent a Person would come far short of the Esteem You have for him already Not that I can pretend to know Your Lordship's Sentiments in any Particular any further than I may presume to guess by the Notion I have of Your Lordship's Esteem for Learning and Learned Men. But tho' the Name of Mr. Boyle may be sufficient to recommend the Honourable Author's Works to Your Lordship and the rest of the Learned World yet if Your Lordship will be pleased to condescend to Patronize Your most Humble and Obedient Servant who hath the good Fortune to Conduct them into the World and to extract those purer Streams of Knowledg which are separated from the less discerning Part of Mankind by polite Apologies and Florid Complimental Digressions It will be the greater Happiness that I have the Honour to be Just to the Author and Serviceable to the World But much more that I have at the same time so Favourable an Opportunity of expressing my Gratitude for the Favours which Your Lordship hath already been pleased to bestow on me Favours which are much more valuable because Your Lordship's and which carry with them a double Obligation of Gratitude the One to Your Lordship and the Other to my good Friend and Worthy Patron Dr. Robert Angell to whom I am infinitely Obliged for Your Lordship's Favour and for being first made known to Your Lordship But it will not be the only Happiness to me that Your Lordship is pleased to Patronize my present Undertaking but it may in a great Measure Contribute to their Candid Acceptance by the World who will put a higher Value upon them for Your Lordship 's Favourable Approbation Indeed were it Generally receiv'd and agreed on what some People hold viz. That Philosophy is prejudicial to Religion I should have more Reason to beg Your Lordship's Pardon than Your Patronage since it must be in Vain to hope that One who promotes the Latter by Instructive Doctrin and what is more an Examplary Life to be imitated but not parallell'd should encourage any thing that may be of Disservice to that But I need not tell Your Lordship that the Honourable Author hath made it appear That we may search into Efficient Causes without denying the. All-Wise Author of Created Beings his just Attributes For whoever diligently searches into Efficient Causes cannot but discern the Necessity of an Omnipotent Creator who first establish'd the Laws of Nature and gave them their due Limits and our Author having made it evident that Efficients themselves direct us to Final Causes and confequently rather dispose and incline a Man than hinder him from being a Good Christian your Lordship needs no other Inducements to promote it And indeed were I not satisfy'd that Philosophy if rightly made use of by the Effects it hath upon my Self did not enable Me the more to discern the Shortness of the Utmost Attainments of Finite Capacities and to adore what I cannot comprehend I should be so far from desiring Your Lordship's Patronage that I should be ready to oppose it my self to the utmost of my Weak Endeavours And were it not too soon to make Your Lordship Promises before I have qualify'd my Self to write any thing of my own worth Your Lordship's Notice I should not be backwards to say That I may in a few Years shew that it will afford us no small Light in explaining the Mosaick Creation in directing us to frame some faint Ideas of the Methods by which the Omnipotent Fiat brought the World to what it now is and to prove the Works of the Omnipotent Creator as Historically deliver'd by Moses consonant with Philosophy But I am afraid that endeavouring to make an Apology for this Dedication I ought to make another for having been too tedious already since Your Lordship 's own Judgment will satisfie You of the Usefulness of Philosophy and since that Consideration is enough to induce You to encourage it Yet I cannot perswade My self so soon to pass by this Opportunity of expressing my Gratitude to Your Lordship nor can I forbear reflecting on my own Happiness under Your Lordship's Patronage For as no one better understands how to encourage the Endeavours of those that make Improvements in Knowledge their Aim than those that are most intimately acquainted with it and than Your Lordship So it is an equal Happiness to be under the Protection and Favourable Eye of a Patron so desirable Neither is it any Vain Opinion I have of my own Merit that makes me think my self Happy under such a Patron but rather the Sense of my own Weakness for could I perswade my self that I deserv'd Your Lordship's Favour or the Favour of some Others both eminent and Learned to whom I am