Robert Boyle - biography.

Robert Boyle - biography. Irish-born English physicist and chemist Birth January 25, 1627 Death December 30, 1691 Place of Birth Lismore, Ireland Known for Formulating Boyle's law, which states that the volume of a gas is directly related to the pressure to which it is subjected Helping to found modern chemistry by introducing experimental methods and the idea that elements are the basic building blocks of matter Career 1645? Joined an association of scientists known as the Invisible College, which eventually became the Royal Society 1660 Published New Experiments Physico-Mechanical touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects, in which he proposed Boyle's law 1661 Published The Sceptical Chymist, in which he criticized alchemical, or prescientific, ideas 1680 Declined the presidency of the Royal Society Did You Boyle proved experimentally Galileo's hypothesis that objects of different weights will fall at the same speed if there is no air resistance. Know Like many early scientists, Boyle came from a wealthy family. His wealth provided him with the leisure time and resources to pursue his research. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.