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the Fourth Week of Advent
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Boyle, the Hon. Robert
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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A distinguished natural philosopher, born at Lismore, of the Orrery family; devoted his life and contributed greatly to science, especially chemistry, as well as pneumatics; was one of the originators of the "Royal Society"; being a student of theology, founded by his will an endowment for the "Boyle Lectures" in defence of Christianity against its opponents and rivals; refused the presidentship of the Royal Society, and declined a peerage (1626-1691).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Boyle, the Hon. Robert'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/boyle-the-hon-robert.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Boyle, the Hon. Robert'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/boyle-the-hon-robert.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
