Robert Boyle - Nova Experimenta Physico-mechanica De Vi Aeris Elastica.

<p>Terza non comune traduzione latina di questo importante scritto di Boyle - la seconda parte che contiene con proprio frontespizio la <em>Defensio doctrinae de elatere &amp; gravitate aeris.</em>.. in risposta alle obiezioni mossegli da Lini &egrave; invece pubblicata qui per la prima volta in latino. <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Fulton </span>22; <em>Walleriana </em>11292. <em>PMM </em>143 (ed. del 1662): &laquo;He was the first to demonstrate experimentally the truth of belief, held since the time of Aristotle, that sound is conveyed by air [...], that is the weight of the air which supports the column of mercury in a barometer [...]. He demonstrated the weight of the air, its surprising elasticity, and its necessity for respiration and combustion&raquo;.</p>