| Evidence: | 'and so with very much pleasure down to Gravesend, all the way with extraordinary content reading of Boyl's "Hydrostatickes", which the more I read and understand, the more I admire as a most excellent piece of philosophy.' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 24 Jul 1667 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | afternoon: after 5pm evening daytime |
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| Place: | city: London other location: in a boat on the Thames between London and Gravesend |
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| Reader: | Samuel Pepys |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 23 Feb 1633 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Admiralty, Clerk of the Acts |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Robert Boyle |
| Title: | Hydrostatical Paradoxes |
| Genre: | Philosophy, Science |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1666 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 14773 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Pepys | |
| Editor: | Robert Latham | |
| Title: | The diary of Samuel Pepys | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
| Vol: | 8 | |
| Page: | 351 | |
| Additional comments: | Co-editor William Matthews |
| Citation: | Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham (ed.), The diary of Samuel Pepys (London, 1974), 8, p. 351, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=14773, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
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