Document Title: 'Memoirs & Paralipomena the 2nd Tome'
Related Material: Published in Paralipomena, pp. 206-18. Copy of pp. 245-8 in BP 9, fols. 81-2.
Extent: Pp.225-54 (15 leaves)
Date: Mid - late 1670s
Description: Notes of experiments, reports from travellers, extracts from books, etc.; title-page, 'Memoirs for Divers parts of Naturall History Treated of by Mr. Boyle... The ? Section' (p. 253). Including notes on rubies and diamonds, incl. 'the Diamond of Don Philippi Mascarini, Governour of Goa', which 'weigh'd 32 gr[ains] and did actually shine in the Darke' (endorsed 'Particulars belonging to the Origin of Gems' [pencil title, erased]), together with: 'A Description of the Trew Thermometer' (pp. 245-8, endorsed 'Mr. Wick's [?] Description of his Weather Glasse'). Two dates in September 1678 appear on p. 225.
Hand: Various hands
Physical Description: Manuscript. P. 254 blank.
Language: English

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