An essay of the great effects of even languid and unheeded motion : Whereunto is annexed An experimental discourse of some little observed causes of the insalubrity and salubrity of the air and its effects.; Of the great effects of even languid and unheeded motion; An experimental discourse of some little observed causes of the insalubrity and salubrity of the air

Creator:

Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691.

Timespan:

1685

Date:

1685

Description:

Boyle Collection copy has an extensive ms. list of names and dates in brown ink on blank leaves I7 and I8, and an ownership inscription on p. [1] at end in brown ink that reads "James Russel memento [is][?] the more lawful possessor of the book 1770[?]".; Boyle Collection copy is from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection, with a pictorial bookplate on front free endpaper that reads "The Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection University of Pennsylvania."; Boyle Collection copy bound in full speckled brown leaather; boards blind-tooled with a central panel with four corner oraments within a double-line fillet border; five raised bands on spine; brief title stamped in gilt on a brown leather label in second spine panel.

Identifier:

996196013503681; i-he n-s, lyto gych (3) 1685 (A); (OCoLC)ocm14297673; (OCoLC)14297673; (PU)619601-penndb-Voyager; 619601

Language:

English

Provenance:

Russel, James (autograph) (inscription) (Boyle Collection copy)

Publisher:

London : Printed by M. Flesher, for R. Davis ..., 1685.

Subject:

Motion.; Motion -- Early works to 1800.; Medical climatology -- Early works to 1800.; Physics -- Early works to 1800.; Physics.; Medical climatology.; Air.; Air -- Early works to 1800.

Resource Type:

Books

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 123 pages, 13 unnumbered pages, 95 pages, 1 unnumbered page; 18 cm (8vo)

Personal Name:

Davis, Richard, active 1646-1688, bookseller.; Flesher, Miles, -1664, printer.; Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. Experimental discourse of some unheeded causes of the insalubrity and salubrity of the air.

Corporate Name:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Boyle Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Geographic Subject:

England -- London.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Signatures: A⁴ B-I⁸, ²A⁴ ²B-²G⁸ (leaves I7 and I8 blank).; Published anonymously. By Robert Boyle. Cf. Fulton, no. 163.; "An experimental discourse of some unheeded causes of the insalubrity and salubrity of the air, being a part of an intended natural history of air" (Wing B3269A) has separate dated title page and begins new pagination and register.; Running title reads: Of the great effects of even languid and unheeded motion.; Text in English with quotations and examples in Latin.; Error in signatures: leaves ²B1 and ²B3 signed as K and K3, respectively.; Title in double-ruled border.

Physical Location:

Boyle QC161 .B797

Collection:

Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Boyle Collection (University of Pennsylvania)