The Sceptical Chymist: Chymico-Physical: Doubts & Paradoxes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781533646057)

The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes is the title of a book by Robert Boyle, published in London in 1661. In the form of a dialogue, the Sceptical Chymist presented Boyle's hypothesis that matter consisted of atoms and clusters of atoms in motion and that every phenomenon was the result of collisions of particles in motion. For these reasons Robert Boyle has been called the founder of modern chemistry by J. R. Partington. Boyle first argued that fire is not a universal and sufficient analyzer of dividing all bodies into their elements, contrary to Jean Beguin and Joseph Duchesne. To prove this he turned for support to Jan Baptist van Helmont whose Alkahest was reputed to be a universal analyzer.

Author: Robert Boyle
ISBN-10: 1533646058
ISBN-13: 9781533646057
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/06/2016
Pages: 136
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.29d