Project Gutenberg 2004-12-28 Public domain in the USA. 176 Boyle, Robert 1627 1691 Boyle, R. (Robert) Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) Reading ease score: 24.8 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. Robert Shimmin, Keith Edkins, the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team and David Widger "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.) en Color -- Early works to 1800 Colors -- Early works to 1800 QC Text Browsing: History - General Browsing: Science - General 1423924 1424406 2024-10-06T13:17:05.223679 2023-09-07T03:55:36.475955 text/html text/html 1491024 2021-04-08T02:09:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 595251 2021-04-08T02:12:43 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 721666 2024-10-06T13:17:27.514879 application/epub+zip 732492 2024-10-06T13:17:12.011950 application/epub+zip 564289 2024-10-06T13:17:09.135992 application/epub+zip 2324282 2024-10-06T13:17:38.276824 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2167930 2024-10-06T13:17:24.514923 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 897197 2022-09-07T16:50:36.693465 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 582215 2024-10-06T13:17:02.244497 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 582140 2021-04-08T02:11:51 text/plain; charset=utf-8 209037 2021-04-08T02:12:17 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18917 2024-10-06T13:17:38.432830 application/rdf+xml 20459 2024-10-06T13:17:09.805978 image/jpeg 4303 2024-10-06T13:17:09.466978 image/jpeg 679330 2024-10-06T13:17:05.375532 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia