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Definition of Robert Boyle

1. Noun. Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691).

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Literary usage of Robert Boyle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... although he probably ;upplied the song 'Come hither you that lore.' traced. Mr. Robert Boyle ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society by American Antiquarian Society (1883)
"Robert Boyle BY PROF. CHARLES O. THOMPSON. ALL modern thought, so far as it is scientific, is largely dependent upon the labors of three men—Isaac Newton, ..."

3. Collections by Massachusetts Historical Society (1871)
"—Eos. f Robert Boyle, one of the most eminent of the experimental philosophers of his age, was born at Lismore, in Ireland, Jan. 25, 1626-7, and educated at ..."

4. Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: From the Restoration of King by Gilbert Burnet (1850)
"But he who laboured most, at the greatest charge, and with the most success at experiments, was Robert Boyle, the carl of Cork's youngest son. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"This conclusion is supported by letters to Robert Boyle. ... This would seem to be in response to a request from Robert Boyle wherein he may have used the ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1903)
"In a letter by Robert Boyle to Mr. Henry Oldenburg, secretary of the Royal ... This would seem to be in response to a request from Robert Boyle wherein he ..."

7. A History of Chemistry by Forris Jewett Moore (1918)
"First among these comes Robert Boyle (1627-1691) the most broad-minded and widely cultivated man who had yet interested himself in chemistry. ..."

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