This edition had all images removed.
Title: Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664)
Note: Reading ease score: 24.8 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read.
Credits: Robert Shimmin, Keith Edkins, the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team and David Widger
Summary: "Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours" by Robert Boyle is a scientific publication written during the mid-17th century. The work aims to explore the nature, perception, and properties of colors, presenting a collection of observations and experiments primarily directed at a friend named Pyrophilus. Boyle seeks to provide a historical context to the concept of color, emphasizing the need for experimentation and inquiry rather than rigid speculation. The opening of the treatise introduces Boyle's intent to present a structured yet informal account of his various experiments and considerations regarding colors. He reflects on the challenges and complexities of understanding colors and hints at the importance of both empirical observation and theoretical frameworks in this pursuit. Boyle also discusses the significance of experimenting with colors, providing examples such as the tempering of steel and the psychological effects of colors on perception, while preparing readers for the detailed explorations that will follow in the ensuing chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691
EBook No.: 14504
Published: Dec 28, 2004
Downloads: 157
Language: English
Subject: Color -- Early works to 1800
Subject: Colors -- Early works to 1800
LoCC: Science: Physics
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664)
Note: Reading ease score: 24.8 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read.
Credits: Robert Shimmin, Keith Edkins, the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team and David Widger
Summary: "Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours" by Robert Boyle is a scientific publication written during the mid-17th century. The work aims to explore the nature, perception, and properties of colors, presenting a collection of observations and experiments primarily directed at a friend named Pyrophilus. Boyle seeks to provide a historical context to the concept of color, emphasizing the need for experimentation and inquiry rather than rigid speculation. The opening of the treatise introduces Boyle's intent to present a structured yet informal account of his various experiments and considerations regarding colors. He reflects on the challenges and complexities of understanding colors and hints at the importance of both empirical observation and theoretical frameworks in this pursuit. Boyle also discusses the significance of experimenting with colors, providing examples such as the tempering of steel and the psychological effects of colors on perception, while preparing readers for the detailed explorations that will follow in the ensuing chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691
EBook No.: 14504
Published: Dec 28, 2004
Downloads: 157
Language: English
Subject: Color -- Early works to 1800
Subject: Colors -- Early works to 1800
LoCC: Science: Physics
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.