Robert Boyle: A Biography (Classic Reprint)

For permission to quote from theL ismore Papers (as edited by Grosart, lo vols.), I have to acknowledge my indebtedness to theD uke of Devonshire. I have also to thank Lady Verney for allowing me to quote from the Verney Memoirs, andS ir William Ramsay for permission to quote from his Presidential Address delivered to theB ritish Association for the Advancement of Science, Portsmouth 1911. To the kindness of Sir Archibald Geikie I owe the permission to reproduce the portrait of Robert Boyle in possession of the Royal Society of London. I remember with special gratitude the kind counsel given me, in the last months of his life, by the late Professor Edward Dowden. My thanks are due, for advice and help, toM iss Elizabeth Dowden, Mr. Richard Bagwell, Mr. Irvine Masson, Mrs. Millar, Mrs. Townshend, and Mr. James Penrose. I gratefully acknowledge the unfailing courtesy and helpfulness of theL ibrarians of theE dinburgh Public Library, theS ignet Library, the University Library, and theL ibrary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. -F loraM asson. Edinburgh March
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