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//** Robert Boyle ** //


 * Birth and Death**

Robert Boyle was born on January 25, 1627. He died on December 31, 1691.


 * Birthplace**

Robert Boyle, known as Robyn as a kid, was born in Lismore Castle in Ireland.


 * Occupation**

Chemist Career: Life as an Adult **


 * Picky**

Robert Boyle wanted scientists to use the scientific method to conduct experiments, and not just look it up in old books. He wanted for scientists to conduct careful experiments and publish the results they find.


 * Scientific Work**

Many things that we just accept today were proven by Boyle. He dismissed the old branch of science, Alchemy (which was like chemistry, but when studying it, people did not figure out why things work), and started Chemistry. Boyle also realized that all matter had to be made from atoms. He invented a better thermometer and tested that mercury could predict weather in a barometer depending on its height. He made a new definition of element: a basic substance that can not be broken down into other basic substances.


 * Books**

Boyle also published a couple of books. The book __The Spring of Air__ is about some of his tests about air. He tested that all bodies fall at the same time in a vacuum. To do that test, he used an air pump, and with it, he also showed that air could be compressed. And probobly the most important thing Boyle did was test a sample of air in different pressures. The observations of that test became known as Boyle's Law. He also wrote __The Skeptical Chemist__ which is one of the most important chemistry books ever.


 * Fun Facts**

Robert Boyle helped start the Royal Society of London which was a group of scientist that met regularly and still meet today.


 * Referances**

Europa Technologies. "Google Earth." //Google Earth//. Google. 2009. Web. September 22, 2009.

Tiner, John Hudson. __Robert Boyle: Trailblazer of Science__. Milford, MI: Mott Media, 1989. Print.

Wikipedia. "Robert Boyle." Wikipedia, September 22, 2009. Web. September 22, 2009.