Robert Boyle (jan 1, 1627 – jan 1, 1691)
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One of the firsts to perform controlled experiments and publish details of them, and helped improve multiple scientific instruments (ex air pump, disproving Descartes’s vacuum theory). Boyles law: states that the pressure of a gas varies inversely with volume. Hypothesized that chemical substances were composed of tiny mechanical particles, out of which all other matter was foundAdded to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 1627
jan 1, 1691
~ 64 years