Starkey, Boyle, and the fate of Helmontian chymistry /
William R. Newman and Lawrence M. Principe
Paperback ed
London :
University of Chicago Press,
2005, c2002
xiv, [2], 344 p. :
ill., facsims. ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-335) and index
Worlds apart -- Number, weight, measure, and experiment in chymistry from the Medievals to Van Helmont -- Theory and practice; Starkey's laboratory methodology -- Scholasticism, metallurgy and secrecy in the laboratory; the style and origin of Starkey's notebooks -- Starkey, Boyle, and chymistry in the Hartlib circle -- The legacy of Van Helmont's and Starkey's chymistry; Boyle, Homberg, and the chemical revolution