References
Primary literature
- Boyle , Robert , Experiments and Considerations Touching Colour , Marie Boas Hall New York : Johnson Reprint Corporation , 1964 .
- Boyle , Robert , The Works of Robert Boyle , Michael Hunter and Edward B. Davis , 14 vols London : Pickering and Chatto , 2000 .
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Chemical Information
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Dictionaries of ancient chymistry to modern chemistry
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Glossary of terms used in the Workdiaries of Robert Boyle
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