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Robert Boyle

Born

in Lismore, County Waterford, Ireland

January 25, 1627

Died

December 31, 1691

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Boyle

Genre

Science, Chemistry, Philosophy

Influences

Epicurus, Francis Bacon, Robert Hooke, Galileo Galilei, Isaac Newton ...more

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Robert Boyle, FRS, (25 January 1627 – 31 December 1691) was an Irish 17th-century natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. Born in Lismore County Waterford, Ireland, he was also noted for his writings in theology. Although his research clearly has its roots in the alchemical tradition, Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry, and one of the pioneers of modern experimental scientific method. He is best known for Boyle's law, which describes the inversely proportional relationship between the absolute pressure and volume of a gas, if the temperature is kept constant within a closed system. Among his works, The Sceptical Chymist is seen as a cornerstone bo ...more

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	The Sceptical Chymist 3.43 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1661 — 147 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Philosophical Papers by Robert Boyle, M.A. Stewart really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The philosophical works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; abridged, methodized, and disposed under the general heads of physics, statics, ... The second edition, corrected. Volume 1 of 3 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The philosophical works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; abridged, methodized, and disposed under the general heads of physics, statics, ... The second edition, corrected. Volume 3 of 3 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The philosophical works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq; abridged, methodized, and disposed under the general heads of physics, statics, ... The second edition, corrected. Volume 2 of 3 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New experiments physico-mechanicall, touching the spring of the air, and its effects (made in a new pneumatical engine): written by way of letter to ... eldest son to the Earl of Corke (1660) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Metaphor in Hopkins 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1961 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Philosophical Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle Esq., Vol. 2: Abridged, Methodized, and Disposed Under the General Heads of Physics, Statics, ... Chymistry, and Medicine really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Free Enquiry Into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature by Robert Boyle, Michael Hunter (Editor), Edward B. Davis (Editor) 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	James Joyce's Pauline Vision: A Catholic Exposition 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1978	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Those distinct substances, which concretes generally either afford, or are made up of, may, without very much inconvenience, be called the elements or principles of them.”
― Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist

tags: chemistry, elements, science, superstition

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“Epicurus... supposes not only all mixt bodies, but all others to be produced by the various and casual occursions of atoms, moving themselves to and fro by an internal principle in the immense or rather infinite vacuum.”
― Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist

tags: atomic-theory, atoms, chemistry, epicurus, science, vacuum

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“The revealed truths, if they be burdens to reason, are but such burdens as feathers are to a hawk, which, instead of hindering his flight by their weight, enable him to soar toward heaven and take a larger prospect, than if he had no feathers, he could possibly do.”
― Robert Boyle, The excellency of theology compar'd with natural philosophy (as both are objects of men's study) / discours'd of in a letter to a friend by T.H.R.B.E, ... grounds of the mechanical hypothesis

tags: truth, truth-quotes

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