Robert Boyle (1627-91) was not only one of the founders of modern Western science but also a key figure in late 17th-century English culture.The Correspondence of Robert Boyle, 1636-1691 is the first edition of Boyle's correspondence, transcribed, mostly for the first time, from the original manuscripts. It is fully annotated, with an introduction and comprehensive general index.

Acknowledgments

vii

List of abbreviations

ix

Introduction

The Correspondence of Robert Boyle

xi

History of the Publication of Boyle's Correspondence

xiii

Sources

xvi

Lost Letters

xxv

The Boundaries of this Edition

xxxi

Editorial Methods

xxxviii

Headers and Footers

xliv

Principal Events in the Life of Robert Boyle

1

(476)

The Correspondence of Robert Boyle, 1636--61

1636

3

(3)

1638

6

(1)

1640

7

(4)

1641

11

(8)

1642

19

(6)

1644

25

(1)

1645

26

(3)

1646

29

(16)

1647

45

(20)

1648

65

(12)

1649

77

(11)

1650

88

(2)

1651

90

(17)

1652

107

(32)

1653

139

(12)

1654

151

(34)

1655

185

(9)

1656

194

(13)

1657

207

(39)

1658

246

(73)

1659

319

(79)

1660

398

(45)

1661

443

(34)

Textual notes

477

(29)

Biographical guide

506

(5)

Glossary

511

(104)

List of abbreviations

vii

1662

1

(58)

1663

59

(176)

1664

235

(213)

1665

448

(167)

Textual notes

615

(45)

Biographical guide

660

(4)

Glossary

664

List of abbreviations

vii

1666

1

(273)

1667

274

(119)

Textual notes

393

(37)

Biographical guide

430

(5)

Glossary

435

(52)

List of abbreviations

vii

1668

1

(126)

1669

127

(32)

1670

159

(39)

1671

198

(40)

1672

238

(103)

1673

341

(38)

1674

379

(17)

1675

396

(11)

1676

407

(28)

1677

435

(52)

Textual notes

487

(29)

Biographical guide

516

(2)

Glossary

518

List of abbreviations

vii

1678

1

(137)

1679

138

(43)

1680

181

(55)

1681

236

(48)

1682

284

(92)

1683

376

(61)

Textual notes

437

(24)

Biographical guide

461

(3)

Glossary

464

List of abbreviations

vii

1684

1

(94)

1685

95

(60)

1686

155

(47)

1687

202

(43)

1688

245

(36)

1689

281

(21)

1690

302

(21)

1691

323

(134)

Appendices

1: Documents connected with the circulation of the Bible and other religious texts in the Highlands, 1687-91

343

(13)

2: Prefatory statements by Boyle in epistolary form

356

(6)

3: Undated letters

362

(35)

4: William Wotton's inventory of Boyle letters

397

(18)

5: Material in the Boyle Letters excluded from this edition

415

(11)

6: Texts of selected letters neither to nor from Boyle

426

(31)

Textual notes

457

(24)

Biographical guide

481

(2)

Glossary

483

(12)

Index Note on the index

495

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