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Every general-chemistry student learns of Robert Boyle (1627–1691) as the person who discovered that the volume of a gas decreases with increasing pressure and vice versa—the famous Boyle’s law. A leading scientist and intellectual of his day, he was a great proponent of the experimental method.
Jan 15, 2002 · Robert Boyle. First published Tue Jan 15, 2002; substantive revision Wed Dec 14, 2022. Boyle was one of the leading intellectual figures of the seventeenth century and an important influence on Locke and Newton (Anstey 2018).
Oct 4, 2023 · Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was an Anglo-Irish chemist, physicist, and experimental philosopher. Boyle was a prolific author, made significant experiments with air pumps, and presented the first litmus test.
Robert Boyle (1627—1691) Robert Boyle was one of the most prolific figures in the scientific revolution and the leading scientist of his day. He was a proponent of the mechanical philosophy which sought to explain natural phenomena in terms of matter and motion, rather than appealing to Aristotelian substantial forms and qualities.
v. w. x. y. z. Engraved portrait of Robert Boyle © Boyle was a leading intellectual figure of the 17th century and one of the founders of modern chemistry. Robert Boyle was born on 27...
Below is the article summary. For the full article, see Robert Boyle . Robert Boyle, (born Jan. 25, 1627, Lismore Castle, County Waterford, Ire.—died Dec. 31, 1691, London, Eng.), Anglo-Irish chemist and natural philosopher. The son of Richard Boyle, the “Great Earl of Cork” (1566–1643), he settled at Oxford in 1654 and, with his ...
May 13, 2012 · Famous discoverers leave their mark on science, often eponymously: Volta with volts, Faraday with farads, and Newton with newtons. Robert Boyle is best known in chemistry classrooms for Boyle’s law, which describes the fundamental relationship between the pressure of a gas and the volume it occupies.
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