Boyle's law

Boyle's law states that

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History

Boyle's law is attributed to both Robert Boyle and to Edme Mariotte. However, it seems that it was originally proposed by Henry Power in 1661 (published in 1664, Ref. 1).

See also

• Charles's law
• Gay-Lussac's law
• Ideal gas law

References

1. Henry Power "Experimental philosophy, in three books : containing new experiments microscopical, mercurial, magnetical : with some deductions, and probable hypotheses, raised from them, in avouchment and illustration of the now famous atomical hypothesis." Printed by T. Roycroft, for John Martin and James Allestry (1664)