Robert+Boyle

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Robert Boyle was born on January 25 in 1627 at the Lismore Castle in County Waterford, Ireland. He was the fourteenth child of Richard Boyle. Boyle was only eight years old when he was sent to Eton College in England. After studying at Eton, he traveled abroad with his French tutor. Boyle always had a strong interest in science and became a member of the band of inquirers, known as the "Invisible College," where he devoted himself to the cultivation of "new philosophy." With the partnership of Robert Hooke, he invented and improved such things as the "Pneumatical Engine." The term "Boyle's Law " first was mentioned when Boyle discovered that the volume of a gas varies inversely to the pressure of the gas, although Henry Power first formulated the hypothesis years earlier. Boyle also studied at Oxford, but left for London where he lived in the home of his sister. in 1689, Boyle's health was failing, so he decided to withdraw from the Royal Society and all other public engagements. He died on 30 December of 1691, and a series of lectures know as the Boyle Lectures were included in his will. Because of his importance in the advancement of chemistry, he has come to be known as the founder of modern chemistry.



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