Workdiary 34 ('Chimical Notes continued from December')

Content: Chymical recipes from the early 1680s, many using Boyle's code and with significant alterations by Boyle and by an unidentified hand.

General Information

• Creation: early 1680s
• Hands: John Warr, Jr. (entries 1, 29-46, 53-59, 66-67, 76-80, 87) Frederick Slare (entries 2-28, 47-52, 60-65, 68-75, 81-86, 88-91) Robert Boyle (intermittent additions to entries) unidentified hand (additions to entries, usually at the end, commenting on the preceding text)
• Source: Royal Society, Boyle Papers 25, pp. 51-70
• Languages: English (all entries)
• Length: 91 entries, unnumbered
• Format: Folded foolscap sheets
• Note 1: The first few pages of the workdiary are heavily damaged by a hole in the middle of the pages. The pages appear to have been burnt, and it seems likely, judging by the brown colour on the edge of the hole, that the damage was caused by an acid spilled on the page.