Some observations about shining flesh, made by the Honourable Robert Boyle; Febr. 15. 1671/72. and by way of letter addressed to the publisher, and presented to the R. Society
Abstract
Yesternight when I was about to go to bed, an Amanuensis of mine, accustom'd to make Observations, informed me, that one of the Servants of the house, going upon some occasion into the Larder, was frighted by something of Luminous that she saw (not with standing the darkness of the place,) where the meat had been hung up before:

