Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Editorial Practices xxxi
6. Abbreviations xxxiii
7. Brief Chronology of Starkey’s Life xxxv
8. Documents
9. 1. Letter to John Winthrop Jr., 2 August 1648 1
10. 2. Laboratory Notebook Fragment; before Spring 1651 3
11. 3. Letter to Robert Boyle, Containing “The Key”; ca. April /May 1651 12
12. 4. Letter to Johann Moriaen, 30 May 1651 32
13. 5. Laboratory Notebook Fragment, December 1651 42
14. 6. Letters to Robert Boyle, January–February 1652 49
15. 7. Laboratory Notebook Fragment; February–March 1652 84
16. 8. Letter to Samuel Hartlib, Undated (ca. 1652–55) 86
17. 9. Letter to Frederick Clodius, Undated (ca. 1653–54) 90
18. 10. Laboratory Notebook, early 1650s, ca. July–August 1653, and January–March 1656 93
19. 10a. “A Perfect Day Booke,” 11–14 December 1655 124
20. 11. Laboratory Notebook, before mid-1653–March 1656 127
21. 12. Laboratory Notebook, ca. November 1654 –August 1656 220
22. 13. Prefaces to the Epistle to King Edward Unfolded, 1657 309
23. 14. Laboratory Notebook Fragment, ca. late 1657–58 318
24. 15. Autobiographical and Laboratory Notes, September 1658 to 1660 328
25. 16. Letters to Philip Frith, January–May 1663 333
26. Chymical Symbols 337
27. Glossary 339
28. Index 347