Workdiary 40 (Miscellaneous workdiary entries from the 1680s)

Content: Two short workdiaries from the 1680s: [1] one single long experimental account, which may have been the first of a planned longer workdiary (the elaborate title suggests that this was intended to be a substantial collection); [2] extracts from books by Galen and Aristotle on medical topics

General Information

• Creation: late 1680's
• Hands: Robin Bacon (entry 1) Hugh Greg (entries 2-3)
• Source: [1]: Royal Society, Boyle Papers 21, p. 142; [2]: Royal Society, Boyle Papers 38, fol. 24
• Languages: English (1 entry (in [1])) Latin (2 entries (in [2]))
• Length: [1]: 1 entry unnumbered; [2]: 2 entries, unnumbered
• Format: Folded foolscap sheets, not conjugate