The philosophical works of the Honourable Robert Boyle esq.: abridged, methodized, and disposed under the general heads of physics, statics, pneumatics, natural history, chymistry, and medicine
A three-volume abridgement of Robert Boyle's experimental writings, edited by the physician Peter Shaw and printed in London in 1725 for natural philosophers and medical readers. Copperplate figure plates show air pumps, receivers, retorts, balances and crucibles, numbered and keyed to page references, alongside engraved flower-basket headpieces usable as ornament.
