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Controversy with Robert Boyle

England · Humanities / Philosophy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1661

Thomas Hobbes1661

London · Humanities / Philosophy

Hobbes enters a public controversy with Robert Boyle over air-pump experiments and the proper method of natural philosophy.

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Thomas Hobbes

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