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 self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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, England
surface form: London
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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subject surface form: Robert Boyle
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this entity surface form: The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes