( 773 ) Nmh.iiu 
PHILOSOPHICAL 
TRANSACTIONS. 
Jamar. 29. 1676. 
The CONTENTS. 
^erp Experiments s mdde drd commmicated by the Homurabk 
Robert Boy le Efquire^abom the Superfcial Figures of Fluids, 
efpemlly of Liqmrs contigmm to other hiqmrsi likely t0 
conduce mmh to the Phyficd theoiy^f the Grand Syftem of 
the World, An Extract of a Letter mitten to the Publijher^ 
concerning a f alt itiom Stony matter or Pajle^ Ibining in the 
dark like a glowing Coal ^ after it hath been a little while ex- 
pofed to the Day^ or Candle4ight, An Account of three Books: 
I. CLjnS PHILOSOFHI^ NJtURJLlS, 
Ariftoteliea Cartefiaoa^ Editio fecunda, auCia Opufcnlis Fhi- 
Ufophicis varii argument i \ Auth. Johanne de Raei , c^r. 
Anno 1677- ^^40 II. NOWELLE SCIE]>ICE DES 
TEMPS , ou Mojen general de concilier les Chronologues § 
par le S. Meoard 5 'a Paris in 1 20, Uh E NG LA JSTD S 
IMPROVEMENT by SeaandLand.drc. Andrew Yar- 
ranton Gentl. London, 1677. in 4^* 
Nerv Experiments made and communicated by the Honourably 
Robert Boyle Efquire;aboutthe Superficial Figures of Fluids, 
ejfeciallyof Liquors contiguous to other Liquors, 
S 1 R, 
I'M compliance with your Curiofrty, I herewich fend you niy 
1^ rude Notes about the Superficial Figures of contiguous 
Liquors, which, belonging to a Paper (concerning the jPwx 
md Figures 6i Bodie$^) whereof they made the laft part, and 
being themfelves very indigefted ; I (hould by no means ven- 
ture to expofe them even to a lefs Critical ey e than yours , if I 
did not hope,thatjthough a more difcerning Reader will fooner 
difcover their Jmperfeflions , yet he may be more inclin'd 
than an ordinary one would be to think them not ufelefs Tri- 
fles ; fince, if thefe Trials and Hints, as mean as they are , be 
profecuted by Naturalifts that have Mathematical Heads, per- 
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