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the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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Boyle, Robert
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Chemist and physicist. Born 1627; died 1691. First to distinguish correctly the difference between a mixture and a compound. Systematized wet analysis. Demonstrated the value of Bacon's system. Inaugurated the employment of vegetable color tests to ascertain acidity and alkalinity. Compiled the earliest table of specific gravity for various waters. Improved the air pump. Experimented in pneumatics. Formulated the law of gases which bears his name.
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Entry for 'Boyle, Robert'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/boyle-robert.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Boyle, Robert'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/b/boyle-robert.html. 1910.
