Chapter 13 The Gas Laws. Robert Boyle studied how gas volume varied with changes in pressure.
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Robert Boyle Robert Boyle 1627-1691 1627-1691 Donald Brady Donald Brady 13 13 th th November 2008 November 2008 Robert Boyle “If the temperature remains constant the volume of a given gas is inversely proportional to the absolute pressure”
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An overview of Robert Boyle, the eminent scientist who was born in Lismore Castle, County Waterford on January 25th 1627. Read more at: http://www.waterfordcountylibrary.ie/en/localstudies/waterfordscientists/robertboyle1627-1691/
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Robert Boyle Robert Boyle
1627- 16911627- 1691
Donald BradyDonald Brady1313 thth November 2008 November 2008
Robert Boyle
“If the temperature remains constant the volume of a given gas is inverse ly proportional to the absolute pressure”
Waterf ord Waterf ord
Scient ist sScient ist s
Ernest Walton
John Pal l iser
Margaret Aylward Thomas Grubb
Birth andFamily
Mary Boyle
“A sport he ever pass ionately loved”
The Grand Tour The Grand Tour
Geneva
EnglandEngland
LondonLondon StalbridStalbrid
gege
Stalbridge House Dorset
EnglandEngland
OxfordOxford LondoLondo
nn
Pall Mall
I re land
Lismore Cast le
“A barbarous country”
Sir Will iam Petty
Death &Burial
TheWorks
Boyle’s Air Pump
The Royal Socie t y The Royal Socie t y
e
Robert Hooke
“The oldest sc ientif icOrganisat ion in theWorld”
Cont emporary Views
“The boundaries that Boyle proposed to erect and maintain were guarantees of continued disorder”
Thomas Hobbes
Boyle Lectures Boyle LecturesA series of lectures intended to defend the Christian Religion”
The Boyle The Boyle
MedalMedal
“A medal for scientific research of exceptional merit carr ied out in Ire land ”
ConclusionConclusion
Assessment
Robert Boyle by John Col l Lismore Library“A sententious little prig?”
