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A29017 The origine of formes and qualities, (according to the corpuscular philosophy) illustrated by considerations and experiments (written formerly by way of notes upon an essay about nitre) by ... Robert Boyle ... Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. 1666 (1666) Wing B4014; ESTC R18303 148,022 464

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