Boyle Papers Volume 36

Extent: 209 folios
Date: Late 17th century
Description: Folio-size volume; foliated; 19th-century contents leaf: Miscellaneous
Physical description: Manuscript
Note: The following wholly blank openings are omitted: 17v-18r, 41v-42r, 64v-65r, 67v-68r, 76v-77r, 174v-175r, 209v (final leaf).
Fol. 164 has flap pasted in, with text on verso; it is referred to as 164(a)v); the same is true of fols. 203(b), 204(e), 207(b).

Fols. 1-2 (2 leaves): Two copies of 'Advertisement' curtailing Boyle's willingness to receive visitors.
Fols. 3-5 (3 leaves): Introductory material for 'Paralipomena'.
Fol. 6 (1 leaf): MS version of Boyle's justification for writing on single sheets.
Fols. 7-8 (2 leaves): Boyle's response to the allegations of 'Mr H.'.
Fols. 9-10 (2 leaves): MS version of a complaint about plagiarism.
Fol. 11 (1 leaf): Note concerning specimen of 'Design'd Processes'.
Fol. 12 (1 leaf): Alternative version of subsidiary remarks to section of Ex & Obs Physicae dealing with medical topics.
Fol. 13 (1 leaf): 'The Titles of the Latter Part of the Diffident Naturalist'.
Fol. 14 (1 leaf): Preliminary version of introductory note to 'Paralipomena'.
Fol. 15 (1 leaf): Further paper on plagiarism.
Fol. 16 (1 leaf): Introductory note to table giving true/feigned names of sources of recipes.
Fols. 17-18 (2 leaves): MS version of the sequel to 1688 advertisement.
Fol. 19 (1 leaf): 'A Scheme or Method of the Experiments & Observationes Physicae'.
Fols. 20-1 (2 leaves): List of papers left with Mrs. Dury, esp. concerning lands, etc.
Fol. 22 (1 leaf): Clean copy of opening page of 'Post-Script' to Notion of Nature.
Fol. 23 (1 leaf): Prefatory statement to text on use of experiment and reason in natural philosophy.
Fol. 24 (1 leaf): 'A Scheme or List of the Heads to which the following Particulars belonging to the Medicina Chromatica may be refer'd'.
Fol. 25 (1 leaf): Note on experimental phenomena and prefatory statement.
Fols. 26-7 (2 leaves): Mathematical papers.
Fol. 28 (1 leaf): List of works by Dr Muller.
Fol. 29 (1 leaf): List of scientific phenomena to remember.
Fol. 30 (1 leaf): Introductory material concerning use and limits of sense, experience, reason and authority in natural philosophy.
Fol. 31 (1 leaf): Introductory note concerning work by Boyle.
Fols. 32-35 (4 leaves): MS version of 'philosophical' part of published list of Boyle's works.
Fol. 36 (1 leaf): Introductory note and index of chapters to 'Paralipomena'.
Fol. 37 (1 leaf): Introductory note concerning work by Boyle.
Fols. 38-41 (4 leaves): Documents relating to Boyle's arbitration in a dispute between Samuel Hutchinson and Viscount Grandison concerning a method of smelting lead using coal.
Fols. 42-4 (3 leaves): Robert Codrington, Latin ode to Boyle.
Fols. 45-9 (5 leaves): Brief notes marked for various (mostly unpublished) works.
Fol. 50 (1 leaf): Birch's 'Memorandum' concerning the proposed edition of Boyle's works.
Fol. 51 (1 leaf): Printed Advertisement concerning the loss of Boyle's writings, May 1688.
Fols. 52-3 (2 leaves): 'Things To be Done': list of experiments.
Fol. 54 (1 leaf): Miscellaneous notes and calculations.
Fol. 55 (1 leaf): List of things to be remembered concerning Boyle's papers.
Fol. 56 (1 leaf): List of chapters of 'Paralipomena'.
Fols. 57-8 (2 leaves): Notes on contents of various works by Boyle, including Christian Virtuoso, I, Appendix (1),'Chaos of Notes relateing to Inflammability', 'Requisites of a Good Hypothesis' (2), writings on distillation, Exp. & Obs. Physicae.
Fols. 59-60 (2 leaves): 'A Catalogue of the Honourable Mr. Boyles writings unpublish'd taken the 7th of July 1684'.
Fol. 61 (1 leaf): List of contents of boxes A and B.
Fol. 62 (1 leaf): Synopsis of intended treatise, 'Of Publick Spiritedness'.
Fol. 63 (1 leaf): Early version of list of contents of 'Paralipomena'.
Fol. 64 (1 leaf): 'Advertisements' to 'Paralipomena'.
Fols. 65-6 (2 leaves): 'Of Naturall Philosophie', a synopsis.
Fols. 67-8 (2 leaves): 'Catalogus quorundum Librorum Nobilissimi domini d. Boyle latinè transcriptorum', 'A catalogue of certain books by the Hon. Mr. Boyle translated into Latin'.
Fol. 69 (1 leaf): List of writings of Boyle, dated 'Decemb. the 30'.
Fol. 70 (1 leaf): Lists of 'Philosophicall Essays', 'Experiments unpublished', etc.
Fol. 71 (1 leaf): Tituli Ad Naturalem atque Experimentalem Aeris Historiam'.
Fol. 72 (1 leaf): List of Boyle's unpublished writings, dated 3 July 1691.
Fol. 73 (1 leaf): List of writings to 'seek for', 7 January 1690/1.
Fol. 74 (1 leaf): 'The Order of My Severall Treatises'.
Fols. 75-6 (2 leaves): Catalogue of Boyle's unpublished writings, 7 July 1684.
Fols. 77v-8 (2 leaves): List of desiderata for natural philosophy.
Fol. 79 (1 leaf): Catalogue of mineral specimens intended for the Royal Society.
Fol. 80 (1 leaf): List of headings concerning copper.
Fols. 81-2 (2 leaves): Lists of natural/scientific phenomena, observations, experiments etc.
Fol. 83 (1 leaf): 'Particulars about Essay the ---
Fol. 84 (1 leaf): List of contents of part 2 of Exp. & Obs. Physicae.
Fols. 85-6 (2 leaves): 1). Lists of essays and treatises by Boyle, and other notes (with a key to the abbreviations used), and 2). section of workdiary 5.
Fol. 87 (1 leaf): Two pasted-down notes, one listing experimental and other writings, the other things to remember concerning 'The will' and other matters.
Fols. 88-90 (3 leaves): Lists by Oldenburg of papers 'mentioned to me by the Honourable Robert Boyle, March 26 1677'.
Fol. 91 (1 leaf): 'The Order of My Several Treatises'.
Fol. 92 (1 leaf): Early version of list of contents of 'Paralipomena'.
Fol. 93v (1 leaf): 'Advertisements' to 'Paralipomena'.
Fol. 94 (1 leaf): MS version of the 21 titles for Cold.
Fols. 95-6 (2 leaves): 'An Index of the Chapters of the Experimenta et Observationes Physicae' (fol. 95) and 'Chapters designed for the 2d Tome of Experimenta et Observationes Physicae'.
Fol. 97 (1 leaf): Numbered list of hydrostatical and other phenomena.
Fols. 98-9 (2 leaves): Two identical lists of topics relating to luminosity.
Fol. 100 (1 leaf): List of nine works by Boyle.
Fol. 101 (1 leaf): 'An Idea for the advancement of Experimental Philosophy'.
Fols. 102-11 (10 leaves): Numbered list of recipes.
Fols. 112-13 (2 leaves): Two lists of contents of 'Paralipomena' with identical text.
Fol. 114 (1 leaf): 'The Order of My Severall Treatises'.
Fol. 115 (1 leaf): Note concerning papers 'sealed up in this (Paper) case'.
Fol. 116 (1 leaf): Notes relating to drafting of will.
Fols. 117-20 (4 leaves): Contents of boxes A and B.
Fol. 121 (1 leaf): Lists of contents of five boxes, dated 21 January [1691].
Fols. 122-3 (2 leaves): Inventory of Boyle's papers, dated 17 September 1691.
Fols. 124-5 (2 leaves): Miles' notes on the structure of Christ. Virt., II, and his plans for same, with miscellaneous memoranda.
Fols. 126-7 (2 leaves): Comments on a work in draft form on reason, revelation and the resurrection.
Fol. 128 (1 leaf): Miles' notes and queries concerning Wotton's 'Sketch' of Boyle's life.
Fol. 129 (1 leaf): Miles' list of Boyle letters, 1645-8.
Fol. 130 (1 leaf): Miles' notes on his work on Christ. Virt., II, dated 26 Nov. 1742.
Fols. 131-2 (2 leaves): Fragment of alphabetical list of Boyle letters sent to Birch for printing, 2 November 1742 ('A' only).
Fols. 133-4 (2 leaves): List of Hooke-Boyle letters and their content, on back of cover of letter to Thomas Edlin.
Fol. 135 (1 leaf): Calculations concerning length of Boyle letters, written on incomplete letter concerning vacancies in English church at Amsterdam.
Fol. 136 (1 leaf): Notes on contents of 'Tract about Atheism'.
Fols. 137-9 (3 leaves): Miles' notes on length of Christ. Virt., II, and miscellaneous memoranda.
Fol. 140 (1 leaf): Miles' notes on contents of 'Ethical Elements' (i.e., Aretology).
Fols. 141-3 (3 leaves): Numbered list by Miles of Boyle manuscripts.
Fols. 144-5 (2 leaves): List of Boyle letters made by Miles while sorting them.
Fol. 146 (1 leaf): Synopsis of Miles' inventories of Boyle Papers.
Fols. 147-8 (2 leaves): Miles' copy of William Clarke's list of Boyle papers owned by Wotton, with ancillary notes.
Fol. 149 (1 leaf): Miles' memoranda on Boyle's papers.
Fols. 150-2 (3 leaves): Lists of letters by Beale and Boyle.
Fols. 153-4 (2 leaves): Notes by Miles concerning the content of what is now BL 7.
Fol. 155 (1 leaf): Miles's list of Boyle's unpublished writings.
Fol. 156 (1 leaf): List of numbers of letters from different correspondents sent to press.
Fols. 157-60 (4 leaves): Inventory of Boyle manuscripts by Miles, divided into categories denoted by letters.
Fols. 161-2 (2 leaves): List of Boyle letters made by Miles while sorting them.
Fols. 163-4 (2 leaves): Numbered list by Miles of Boyle manuscripts, with associate memoranda.
Fol. 165 (1 leaf): List of published works by Boyle in unknown hand, with notes by Miles.
Fols. 166-9 (4 leaves): Notes and queries by Miles concerning Boyle MSS.
Fol. 170 (1 leaf): Incomplete list of unpublished MSS by Boyle.
Fol. 171 (1 leaf): Synopsis of Miles' inventories of Boyle Papers.
Fol. 172 (1 leaf): List of letters belonging with those on fols. 150-2.
Fol. 173 (1 leaf): List by Miles of issues of Miscellanea Curiosa, perhaps to assess completeness of a set.
Fol. 174-5 (2 leaves): Notes by Miles of contents of numbered issues, perhaps of a dissenting journal.
Fol. 176 (1 leaf): Draft letter by Miles.
Fol. 177 (1 leaf): List of 'the subiects of the Tracts that I have yet met with among my Papers, to which other Titles may be added as the Papers belonging to them come to hand', as also experiments.
Fol. 178 (1 leaf): Three pasted-down notes.
Fol. 179 (1 leaf): Further memoranda by Miles relating to his work on Boyle.
Fols. 180-9 (10 leaves): Inventory of Boyle letters in chronological order, with separate groups at end and name index, by Willam Wotton.
Fol. 190 (1 leaf): List of books divided into numbered sections in Miles' hand.
Fols. 191-2 (2 leaves): Lists by Miles of letters grouped by sender in order of date, with other memoranda.
Fol. 193 (1 leaf): Jottings by Miles.
Fol. 194 (1 leaf): Notes evidently linked to those on fol. 173.
Fol. 195 (1 leaf): List of numbers of dwelling houses and inhabitants.
Fol. 196 (1 leaf): List of 'Bound books' by Miles.
Fol. 197 (1 leaf): List of Oldenburg letters, with notes on content.
Fol. 198 (1 leaf): 'Alphabet[ical] List of L[ette]rs Sent to the press taken Nov[emb]r 2 1742 & Sent to Mr. Birch', with additions dated 18 Nov. 1742.
Fols. 199-200 (2 leaves): List of books, including sermons and funeral sermons.
Fol. 201 (1 leaf): Cover-sheet, with memoranda by Miles on it.
Fol. 202 (1 leaf): Miles' copy of William Clarke's inventory of Boyle MSS in his possession.
Fols. 203-4 (2 leaves): Pasted down slips of paper comprising miscellaneous notes by Miles, inc. on 'Motives to love G[od]' and Thomson's Seasons, together with list of biographical papers, etc.
Fol. 205 (1 leaf): Draft letter by Miles; references and calculations on verso.
Fol. 206 (1 leaf): Further numbered lists of sermons, etc., related to fols. 190, 199-200.
Fol. 207 (1 leaf): Notes by Miles, including demographic data, note on William Hook, and list of references.
Fols. 208-9 (2 leaves): 'Theses Mathematico-Physicae de Terra Joannis Placentini. Lesnensis Mathem: Profes: publ: Ordin: Francofurti'.