Robert Boyle FRS (/bɔɪl/; 25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, alchemist and inventor. Boyle...
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pressure of a gas decreases proportionally, and vice versa. Boyle's law is named after Robert Boyle, who published the original law in 1662. An equivalent...
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Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork (13 October 1566 – 15 September 1643), also known as the Great Earl of Cork, was an English politician who served as Lord...
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Robert Boyle (1627–1691) was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor Robert Boyle or Bob Boyle may also refer to: Robert...
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Chemical compound (section Robert Boyle)
modern—has been used at least since 1661 when Robert Boyle's The Sceptical Chymist was published. In this book, Boyle variously used the terms "compound", "compounded...
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as an assistant to the physical scientist Robert Boyle. Hooke built the vacuum pumps that were used in Boyle's experiments on gas law and also conducted...
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Corpuscularianism (section Robert Boyle)
especially with the names of Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes, Pierre Gassendi, Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton, and John Locke, corpuscularian theories can be found throughout...
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The Boyle Lectures are named after Robert Boyle, a prominent natural philosopher of the 17th century and son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork. Under...
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Invisible College (redirect from Boyle's Invisible College)
Society of London consisted of a number of natural philosophers around Robert Boyle, such as Christopher Wren. It has been suggested that other members included...
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Hydrogen (section Robert Boyle)
more strength than one would easily suspect. — Robert Boyle, Tracts written by the Honourable Robert Boyle containing new experiments, touching the relation...
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Robert William Boyle (October 2, 1883 – April 18, 1955) was a physicist and one of the most important early pioneers in the development of sonar. Boyle...
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Cornflower blue (section Robert Boyle)
medium-dark violet-blue hue. Robert Boyle reported a blue dye produced from the cornflower. This was also called Boyle's Blue and Cyan Blue. This dye...
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Peter Lawrence Boyle (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor. Known as a character actor, he played Frank Barone on the CBS sitcom...
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Bobbi Campbell (redirect from Robert Boyle Campbell Jr.)
Robert Boyle "Bobbi" Campbell Jr. (January 28, 1952 – August 15, 1984) was a public health nurse and an early United States AIDS activist. In September...
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Robert Francis Boyle (October 10, 1909 – August 1, 2010) was an American film art director and production designer. He was nominated for four Academy Awards...
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Robert Boyle II (born on May 18, 1971) is an American animator, producer, writer, storyboard artist and director. He is the creator and executive producer...
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Wiley & Sons. Boyle, Robert (1676). Experiments and notes about the mechanical origin or production of particular qualities. Boyle, Robert (1675) Experiments...
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alchemy became popular, including support by fellows of the Royal Society: Robert Boyle and Elias Ashmole. Proponents of the supernatural interpretation of alchemy...
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Look up Boyle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Boyle may refer to: Boyle, Kansas, an unincorporated community Boyle, Mississippi, a town Boyle County...
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Scientific racism (section Robert Boyle)
scientist who studied race was Robert Boyle (1627–1691), an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. Boyle believed in what today is...
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Robert Hamilton Boyle Jr. (August 21, 1928 – May 19, 2017) was an environmental activist, conservationist, book author, journalist and former senior writer...
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to Robert Boyle in 1679. He illustrated aether and its field around objects in this letter as well and used this as a way to inform Robert Boyle about...
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Chemical element (section Robert Boyle)
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title of a book by Robert Boyle, published in London in 1661. In the form of a dialogue, the Sceptical Chymist presented Boyle's hypothesis that matter...
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chemists at Oxford, Robert Boyle, Robert Hooke and John Mayow began to reshape the old alchemical traditions into a scientific discipline. Boyle in particular...
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Robert Boyle Prize for Analytical Science, formerly called Boyle Medal, is a prize of the Royal Society of Chemistry for Analytical Chemistry. It is awarded...
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by saints Cillian and Fergal. The scientist Robert Boyle is considered the "father of chemistry", and Robert Mallet one of the "fathers of seismology"....
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Captain Robert Boyle-Walsingham FRS (March 1736 – 5 October 1780) was an Anglo-Irish Royal Navy officer and politician. He was killed in the Great Hurricane...
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the thought of such figures as Jan Baptist van Helmont (1580–1644), Robert Boyle (1627–1691) or Isaac Newton (1642–1727) has been amply demonstrated....
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bonds began in the 17th century. Refined over time by scientists such as Robert Boyle, Amedeo Avogadro, Jean Perrin, and Linus Pauling, the study of molecules...
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