Boyle, Robert
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| born on | 25 January 1627 Jul.Cal. (4 Feb 1627 greg.) at 15:00 (= 3:00 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Lismore, Ireland, 52n08, 7w55 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m7w55 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   15°40'   04°03 Asc. 26°44'
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Biography
Irish physicist, chemist, inventor and author. In 1662 he postulated his famous Boyle's Law which stated that the volume of a gas and its pressure are inversely proportional to each other.
Died on 30 December 1691 OS, London.
Relationships
- sibling relationship with Francis Boyle, 1st Viscount Shannon (born 25 June 1623 Jul.Cal. (5 July 1623 greg.))
- sibling relationship with Mary Rich, Countess of Warwick (born 11 November 1624 Jul.Cal. (21 Nov 1624 greg.))
Events
- Death, Cause unspecified 30 December 1692 Jul.Cal. (9 Jan 1693 greg.) in London (Age 63)
chart Placidus Equal_H.
Source Notes
Original entry was rated C: Lescaut quotes family bible, not verified (January 25 OS).
On 14 June 2017 the rating was changed to A, with Sy Scholfield citing father's journal quoted in The Lismore papers, Autobiographical notes, remembrances and diaries of Sir Richard Boyle, first and 'great' Earl of Cork, Vol 2, edited by Alexander B. Grosart (Brooklyn House, Blackburn, Lancs., 1856), p. 112: "My seaventh son Robert Boyle was born at Lismoor on Thursdaie, about three of the clock in thafternoon, yt being the fHve and twentieth day of January. 1626 and the signe then in libra."
Wikipedia has date of death 31 December 1691
Categories
- Vocation : Science : Chemistry
- Vocation : Science : Physics
- Notable : Famous : Founder/ originator (Inventor)
