The Sceptical Chymist

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The Sceptical Chymist is a 1661 scientific work by Robert Boyle that challenged traditional alchemy and helped lay the foundations of modern chemistry by proposing a corpuscular theory of matter.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
scientific work ⓘ
advocates experimental method in chemistry ⓘ
mechanical philosophy ⓘ
author Robert Boyle ⓘ
bibliographicCategory 17th-century scientific book ⓘ
challenges Aristotelian theory of elements ⓘ
Paracelsian tria prima theory ⓘ
traditional alchemy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
criticizes four-element theory ⓘ
three-principle theory ⓘ
field natural philosophy ⓘ
firstEditionYear 1661 ⓘ
format prose dialogue ⓘ
fullTitle The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes ⓘ
genre natural philosophy ⓘ
scientific literature ⓘ
hasInfluenced history of science ⓘ
later chemists ⓘ
hasPart dialogue between fictional interlocutors ⓘ
hasReputation classic of chemical literature ⓘ
hasTheme critique of authority in science ⓘ
importance of experiment over speculation ⓘ
historicalPeriod Scientific Revolution ⓘ
influenced development of modern chemistry ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement early modern chemistry ⓘ
notableFor early statement of corpuscularianism ⓘ
foundational role in chemistry ⓘ
philosophicalStance empiricism ⓘ
placeOfPublication London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
proposes corpuscular theory of matter ⓘ
publicationYear 1661 ⓘ
publisher J. Cadwell ⓘ
questions composition of bodies ⓘ
nature of elements ⓘ
relatedTo Royal Society intellectual context ⓘ
history of alchemy ⓘ
subject alchemy ⓘ
chemistry ⓘ
corpuscular theory of matter ⓘ
philosophy of science ⓘ
timePeriod 17th century ⓘ
usesMethod experimental evidence ⓘ
reasoned dialogue ⓘ
writtenBy Robert Boyle ⓘ

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