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Boyle,R.


 
Experiments and considerations touching colours. London, H. Herringman 1664. Mit 1 gefalt. Kupfertafel. 20 Bl., 423 S. Spät. Ldr., bestoßen u. fleckig, Deckel etw. einfach repariert.  
 
Fulton 57. Krivatsy 1679. Wellcome II, 221. Osler 944. Erste Ausgabe. - S. 389 beginnt mit eigenem Titelbl. "A short account of some observations..". "The treatise on Colours' ranks in importance with the Spring and Weightof theair'and the,Usefulness'. Itdeals with a largevariety of phenomenaand contains many generalizations which were subsequently adopted by Newton in his memorable treatise on Optics'. Boyle was the first to record that certain vegetable extracts change colour when the solution is made acid or changed from acid to alkali. He gave to the world the first account of those important substances now woll known to the chemist as ,indicators"' (Fulton). - Tls. gebräunt, oberer Rand stellenweise knapp beschnitten, die ersten Bl. mit minimaler Wurmspur im weißen Rand. Flieg. vord. Vors. mit Randabrissen u. mit hs. Vermerk v. alter Hand. (1597).
 
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