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Boyle, Robert
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Boyle, Robert (1627–91). Famous for his work on air pressure, Boyle was the youngest son of the 1st earl of Cork. After Eton, he went on a grand tour in 1639–44, and during the 1650s belonged to the ‘invisible college’, so called because they never all met together at once, associated with John
Wilkins at Wadham College, Oxford. Crucial in the
scientific revolution in England, this was a nucleus for the
Royal Society, in which, though very important, Boyle would never take office. With Robert
Hooke in Oxford he made and experimented with an air pump, and hit upon the law of gas pressure, discovering a new variable. A godly man who brought prestige to natural philosophy, he was a great advocate for a version of the atomic, or
corpuscular, theory of matter: having been impressed by the Strasbourg clock, he sought mechanical explanations of all phenomena.
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Robert Boyle (1627-91): Scrupulosity and Science.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...90.00 U.S. (cloth). Robert Boyle has always been acknowledged as...have otherwise been neglected. Robert Boyle is the latest in a series of books...and moralism in the thought of Robert Boyle." First published in 1990, this...
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Genius eclipsed: the fate of Robert Boyle: the natural philosopher and scientist Robert Boyle was revered in his time for his pioneering enquiry into a wide range of natural phenomena. Yet within half a century of his death he was almost forgotten, overshadowed by his contemporary Isaac Newton.(Biography)
Magazine article from: History Today; 11/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...natural philosopher, Robert Boyle (1627-91), in the...of malice. The case of Boyle is quite unlike that of his one-time employee, Robert Hooke (1635-1703), who graduated from being Boyle's assistant to become...
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A man of God and gases. (18th century chemist Robert Boyle)
Magazine article from: Chemistry and Industry; 12/16/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...volume of a gas: Robert Boyle. Boyle died and was...with assistants like Robert Hooke. After 12 years there, Boyle moved to his sister...Lady Ann Howard. Boyle's father had proposed a match for Robert with Lady Ann and...
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Aiming for a higher truth: art director Robert Boyle's movie creations were built for the dream rather than the actuality'.(HONORARY OSCAR: ROBERT BOYLE)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 2/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...celebrated production designer Robert Boyle has witnessed Hollywood advance...cities unto themselves," recalls Boyle, who will be receiving an honorary...because there was no training." Boyle, whose credits include "North by...
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Addicted to Experimental Philosophy: The Works of Robert Boyle.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; The Works of Robert Boyle, edited by Michael Hunter and Edward...access to this resource essential. Robert Boyle was one of the leading figures in seventeenth...Birch, The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, (London, 1744), in five handsome...
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HISTORÍA DE LA CIENCIA EN LA EDUCACION ROBERT BOYLE Y EL NACIMIENTO DE LA QUIMICA MODERNA/Robert Boyle and birth of the modern Chemistry
Magazine article from: Journal of Science Education; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Resumen Aunque Robert Boyle es bien conocidopor sus estudios sobre...gases, elemento. Abstract Eventhough Robert Boyle is well known for his studies on the...history of chemistry, gases, element. Robert Boyle (1627-1691) naci en Lismore...
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Legendary Production Designer Robert Boyle Voted Honorary Academy Award
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/12/2007; 622 words
; ...Legendary production designer Robert Boyle has been voted an Honorary Academy...and "The Shootist" (1976). "Robert Boyle's career is truly worthy of this...note that a downloadable image of Robert Boyle is available at http://photos...
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Prime movers. (Jacob K. Javits Convention Center CEO Robert Boyle)(Takeout: Meetings & Conventions)
Magazine article from: Crain's New York Business; 1/15/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...groups to the city's meeting halls. Robert Boyle initially resisted when his friend...Javits Convention Center. Mr. Boyle wasn't sure he wanted a state job...the governor was persuasive. Mr. Boyle, 59, a former concrete company...
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Robert Boyle Reconsidered. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History Today; 6/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...uniform in style. Michael Hunter's Robert Boyle Reconsidered has the apparently more...European and North American scholars Boyle's character, thought and writings...experimentation, a re-assessment of Boyle's place in the history of seventeenth...
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The Man on Lincoln's Nose.(production designer Robert Boyle)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Cineaste; 6/22/2001; ; 637 words
; ...Oscarnominated documentary about Robert Boyle, one of Hollywood's best art directors...of their craft have contributed. Boyle tells stories about working on everything...Birds and Marnie to In Cold Blood. Boyle is quite eloquent and witty in explaining...
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Robert Boyle
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Robert Boyle The British chemist, physicist, and natural philosopher Robert Boyle (1627-1691) was a leading advocate...fourteenth child of the 1st Earl of Cork, Robert Boyle was born on Jan. 25, 1627, at Lismore...
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Boyle, Robert
Book article from: Chemistry: Foundations and Applications
Boyle, Robert BRITISH PHYSICIST AND CHEMIST 1627 – 1691 Robert Boyle was born in 1627, the youngest son of...Bibliography Boas, Marie (1958). Robert Boyle and Seventeenth-Century Chemistry...
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Boyle, Robert (1627–1691)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
BOYLE, ROBERT (1627 – 1691) BOYLE, ROBERT (1627 – 1691), natural philosopher and lay...and was raised as an aristocrat. After attending Eton, Robert Boyle embarked on a grand tour. When his travels were cut short...
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Boyle
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
Boyle, one of the most important political dynasties...founder of the family's fortune was Richard Boyle , 1st earl of Cork, whose material success...Irish, the exceptions being the unmarried Robert Boyle and Mary, countess of Warwick, who ignored...
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Richard Boyle, 1st earl of Cork
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...large part of his privileges and income, but Boyle's patient marshaling of the forces of opposition...his seven sons became well known—Roger Boyle, 1st earl of Orrery, and Robert Boyle , the scientist. Bibliography: See D. Townshend...
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