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  • She knew many of the leading fellows, such as Robert Boyle and Thomas Hobbes.

    The Royal Society's lost women scientists Richard Holmes 2010

  • Electricity was a word created by William Gilbert 1646, and was researched by many great scientists, such as Robert Boyle,.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Electricity was a word created by William Gilbert 1646, and was researched by many great scientists, such as Robert Boyle,.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] JGHuston 2009

  • Electricity was a word created by William Gilbert 1646, and was researched by many great scientists, such as Robert Boyle,.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Electricity was a word created by William Gilbert 1646, and was researched by many great scientists, such as Robert Boyle,.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • In 1660, a group of Baconian advocates—including the chemist Robert Boyle, the pioneer of the microscope Robert Hooke and the architect Christopher Wren—formed a society for the advancement of knowledge through observation and experiment.

    An Engine of Perpetual Revolution By Alan Hirshfeld 2011

  • You will look at the nature and classifications of matter, such as atoms, elements, compounds and molecules; study concepts and theories, including the laws of chemistry, bonding and quantum chemistry; and learn about some of chemistry's famous names, such as Robert Boyle and John Dalton.

    Chemistry 2011

  • And Pete Seeger, I suspect you don't remember, but I think 40 years ago this summer, a very awestruck young reporter was given the opportunity to sail along the Hudson River around the sloop Clearwater with you and Robert Boyle (ph) and I think a bunch of other people for a couple of days up the Hudson River.

    Pete Seeger, Singing With 'Tomorrow's Children' 2010

  • A group of 12 men including Robert Boyle, and Christopher Wren met in London to set up a society to study the mechanisms of nature.

    [great work of ages] proceeds apace 2009

  • While religion's critics often seize upon the trial of Galileo as an example of faith's opposition to learning, they fail to mention the countless path-breaking scientists whose discoveries were supported by religious bodies (both Copernicus and Mendel were Catholic priests) and/or inspired by their faith (Robert Boyle, founder of modern chemistry, was deeply religious).

    TEXAS FAITH: Misunderstanding (my) religion | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

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