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Boyle, Robert
[person]
English chemist and theologian, born at Lismore Castle, Munster, Ireland (1627-1691). Boyle published on a broad array of topics, including chemistry, physics, medicine, and theology. He is best known for Boyle's Law, from which the ideal gas law is derived. In 1661, Boyle published The Sceptical Schymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts and paradoxes, which is considered a cornerstone in the field of modern chemistry. Boyle was also one of the founding members of the Royal Society of London.
Appears in modules:
- Acids and Bases I Definitions, pH and neutralization
- Early Ideas about Matter From Democritus to Dalton
- Kinetic-Molecular Theory Molecule collisions, the mean free path, and modern KMT
- Properties of Gases The gas laws and the ideal gas equation
- Scientific Institutions and Societies Types of institutions and their influence
- The Phosphorus Cycle Phosphates and fertilizer
- Waves and Wave Motion Describing waves
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