Robert Boyle's Accomplishments
On December 30, 1691, the influential and scholarly Robert Boyle left science with a strong legacy of discoveries and experiments. The Irish physicist, chemist, and natural philosopher brought significant discoveries to chemistry, the theory of matter, and pneumatics. With much of his time being devoted to writing and studying, Boyle became interested in natural philosophy, religious topics, and ethical issues; even though some of these topics did not have much of an overlap with science, Boyle found a way to learn more about medicine, physics, chemistry, and natural history. In Boyle’s early life, he was influenced to live a successful life for himself. Coming from a family of fourteen children, Boyle’s father was very rich and powerful so he could support his family. Throughout Boyle’s life, he took advantage of his father’s wealth and power so he could learn more about science. When he was young, he went to school and was privately tutored so that he could advance in his studies. Towards the end of his father’s life, Boyle returned home to inherit his father’s land. Not only was Boyle’s father’s wealth and power a social advantage in Ireland, but it helped his children succeed, especially Robert Boyle who became the intelligent scientist
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In 1659, Boyle collaborated with Robert Hooke and completed the construction of their famous air pump; they used this invention to study pneumatics. After creating this, they were able to discover air properties such as combustion and respiration, air pressure and the vacuum, which were two inventions to appear in Robert Boyle’s first scientific publication. With this creation, Boyle was also able to come up with his own law that states the inverse relationship between the pressure of gas and the volume of gas in 1662. This event was a major breakthrough for Robert Boyle’s science
In 1659, Boyle collaborated with Robert Hooke and completed the construction of their famous air pump; they used this invention to study pneumatics. After creating this, they were able to discover air properties such as combustion and respiration, air pressure and the vacuum, which were two inventions to appear in Robert Boyle’s first scientific publication. With this creation, Boyle was also able to come up with his own law that states the inverse relationship between the pressure of gas and the volume of gas in 1662. This event was a major breakthrough for Robert Boyle’s science