| Boyle (boil), Kay 1902?-1992. American writer whose works examine the relationships between Europeans and Americans. |
| Boyle, Robert 1627-1691. Irish-born British physicist and chemist whose precise definitions of chemical elements and reactions began the separation of chemistry from alchemy. In 1662 he formulated Boyle's law. |
Boyle [bɔɪl]
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(Biographies / Boyle, Robert (1627-1691) M, Irish, SCIENCE: scientist) Robert. 1627-91, Irish scientist who helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy. He established that air has weight and studied the behaviour of gases; author of The Sceptical Chymist (1661)
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| Noun | 1. | Boyle - United States writer (1902-1992) |
| 2. |  Boyle - Irish chemist who established that air has weight and whose definitions of chemical elements and chemical reactions helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy (1627-1691) |
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