Robert Boyle Quotes


And I might add the confidence with which distracted persons do oftentimes, when they are awake, think, they see black fiends in places, where there is no black object in sight without them.


Citations

Boyle, Robert. Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours. Henry Herringman, 1664, p. 13.

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Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle
  • Born: January 25, 1627
  • Died: December 31, 1691
  • Nationality: Irish
  • Profession: Philosopher

Robert Boyle FRS was an Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor. Boyle is largely regarded today as the first modern chemist, and therefore one of the founders of modern chemistry, and one of the pioneers of modern experimental scientific method. He is best known for Boyle's law, which describes the inversely proportional relationship between the absolute pressure and volume of a gas, if the temperature is kept constant within a closed system. Among his works, The Sceptical Chymist is seen as a cornerstone book in the field of chemistry. He was a devout and pious Anglican and is noted for his writings in theology.