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Was influenced by William Gilbert Haukesbee repeated his experiments Christiaan Huyghens saw his vacuum experiments He used the camera obscura. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle gave demo to christiaan huyghens
Edmond Halley base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences When Halley returned in 1684, he found that two of his fellow members in the Royal Society, inventor Robert Hooke and architect Sir Christopher Wren , were trying to come up with an explanation for planetary motion, a project that also interested Halley.
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In the second edition two years later, he added what became known as 'Boyle's Law', stating that if the temperature and quantity of a gas remain constant, the volume varies inversely with the pressure. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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camera obscura used by robert hooke base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence Scientist users included the English physicists  Boyle (1669) and  Hooke (1680), who constructed his own \"perspective box\" to demonstrate to the Royal Society the law of vision (it included the novel feature of diaphragms of different sizes to be put over the lens to demonstrate the expansion and contraction of the pupil of the eye).
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Hooke was perhaps the greatest experimental scientist of the seventeenth century. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences In his two publications of 1661, 'Certain Physiological Essays' and 'The Sceptical Chymist', Boyle's first aim was to disprove the old theory of the 'four elements': earth, air, fire, and water, as well as the 'three principles': salt, sulphur, and mercury, and to put a mechanical theory of matter in their place.
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Developed a version of the camera obscura. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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He became a founder member of the Royal Society in 1660, wrote treatises on natural theology in the manner of his friends Wilkins,  Tillotson and Barrow and continued to study Christianity, learning Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean and Syriac. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In the first few years of the decade, he published three works showing the results of his studies, 'Experiments and Considerations Touching Colors', in 1664, 'New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold' in 1665 and 'Hydrostatic Paradoxes' a year later.
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By 1655, Hooke had met Wilkins, Willis, Petty, Wallis, Wren, Sprat and Boyle. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke a pal of thomas willis
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He occasionally went to London, where, through his sister, he met  Wilkins and  Petty and attended a few of the early informal meetings which would, fifteen years later, become the Royal Society. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Between 1652 and 1653, Boyle spent time in Ireland sorting out the family estates.
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences Boyle became famous in his own lifetime and was visited by many foreigners of distinction, including the physicist Papin, with whom he worked during the late 1670s.
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He occasionally went to London, where, through his sister, he met  Wilkins and  Petty and attended a few of the early informal meetings which would, fifteen years later, become the Royal Society. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle a pal of william petty
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In the first few years of the decade, he published three works showing the results of his studies, 'Experiments and Considerations Touching Colors', in 1664, 'New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold' in 1665 and 'Hydrostatic Paradoxes' a year later. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence He became a founder member of the Royal Society in 1660, wrote treatises on natural theology in the manner of his friends Wilkins,  Tillotson and Barrow and continued to study Christianity, learning Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean and Syriac.
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Then, following the experiments of Mersenne, Boyle proved that air was essential for the transmission of sound and that air was elastic. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle improved on work by marin mersenne
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Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences This was the first work devoted to microscopic observations and in it, the descriptions were accompanied by many beautiful illustrations produced by Hooke himself.
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These Cutlerian lectures contained at least two important scientific discoveries, the first being the law of elasticity, which states that the stretching of a solid body, such as metal or wood, is proportional to the force applied to it. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Known as Hooke's Law, it laid the foundation for studies of stress and strain and of elastic materials.
Fourteen years later, this law was independently stated by Mariotte, and became known in France as 'Mariotte's Law. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle work related to edme mariotte
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In 1657, Boyle heard about Guericke's invention of an air pump and, recognizing straight away its scientific possibilities, he set his assistants the job of designing an improved version. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence From 1654 until 1668, Boyle, who set up what became a famous laboratory, took on Hooke as his assistant, and mixed with many important intellectuals, including Wilkins, Wallis, Wren, Sprat, and the students Sydenham and Locke.
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences When Boyle went back to England, he was invited by Wilkins, now Warden of Wadham College, to join him in Oxford, where most of the leaders of the English scientific movement were living.
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'Micrographia' included Hooke's studies and illustrations of the crystal structure of snowflakes, discussed the possibility of making artificial fibres by a process similar to the spinning of the silkworm and examined the honeycomb structure of cork, coining the modern biological term 'cell'. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence In his great work, Hooke gave birth to the study of animal anatomy with his startling illustrations of the flea, the louse, the gnat and its larvae,  and he revealed the structure of the compound eye of the fly.
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He occasionally went to London, where, through his sister, he met  Wilkins and  Petty and attended a few of the early informal meetings which would, fifteen years later, become the Royal Society. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle a pal of john wilkins
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Hooke was given the position of Curator of Experiments and from late 1662, his job was to provide each weekly meeting 'with three or four considerable Experiments', and to test other experiments that might be suggested. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence During the early 1660s, Hooke made important improvements to the compound microscope and in 1665, he published his great scientific work, 'Micrographia' ('Small Drawings').
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robert boyle a pal of john wallis base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence From 1654 until 1668, Boyle, who set up what became a famous laboratory, took on Hooke as his assistant, and mixed with many important intellectuals, including Wilkins, Wallis, Wren, Sprat, and the students Sydenham and Locke.
He then replacing the pendulum, first proposed as a timing device by Mersenne, with a vibrating wheel that could be moved, because it oscillated around its own centre of gravity, With these developments, Hooke created the basic principle of the watch. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Based on his design, a marine chronometer accurate enough to measure longitude was eventually constructed by John Harrison in the 18th century.
While he was there, he renewed his acquaintance with Sir William Petty, who taught him about anatomy, physiology and the experimental technique. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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Hooke still found time to design scientific instruments, which eventually included the modern air pump, the wheel barometer, on which the pivoted needle registered the pressure, the double barometer, the marine barometer, an adding machine and the micrometer. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence He added telescopic sights to surveying instruments and invented many others, including the first dividing engine, the first spiral gear, used to adjust the setting of telescopes, the universal joint, the iris diaphragm and a lens-grinding machine.
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By 1655, Hooke had met Wilkins, Willis, Petty, Wallis, Wren, Sprat and Boyle. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke a pal of thomas sprat
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In 1645,  Boyle moved to his Dorset estate, where he began experimental work. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Having developed a fascination for chemistry and alchemy, Boyle read all the available works on the subjects and built himself a private laboratory.
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Seven years later, this connection would become the reason for the first of several bitter disputes between Hooke and Newton, over who had thought of it first. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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In 1639, Robert Boyle went on a tour of Europe with Francis, his older brother, and a private tutor. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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Having developed a fascination for chemistry and alchemy, Boyle read all the available works on the subjects and built himself a private laboratory. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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During the 1660s, Boyle carried out investigation into physic as well, including the gas laws, the expansion of water on freezing, hydrostatic pressure, specific gravity, the refractive index, color and electricity. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence In the first few years of the decade, he published three works showing the results of his studies, 'Experiments and Considerations Touching Colors', in 1664, 'New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold' in 1665 and 'Hydrostatic Paradoxes' a year later.
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Hooke still found time to design scientific instruments, which eventually included the modern air pump, the wheel barometer, on which the pivoted needle registered the pressure, the double barometer, the marine barometer, an adding machine and the micrometer. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In 1666, immediately after the Great Fire of London, Hooke became one of three surveyors given the job of re-establishing property lines and supervising the massive rebuilding work.
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In 1659, the Oxford group split up, with the collapse of the Cromwell Protectorate, and most members moved back to London. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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He was also a member of the East India Company and a governor of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In 1668, because of ill health, Boyle finally left Oxford for London, where he became friendly with the diarist Evelyn and carried on experimenting.
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Having developed a fascination for chemistry and alchemy, Boyle read all the available works on the subjects and built himself a private laboratory. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence He occasionally went to London, where, through his sister, he met  Wilkins and  Petty and attended a few of the early informal meetings which would, fifteen years later, become the Royal Society.
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With it, Boyle (with Hooke's assistance) carried out the experiments which resulted in Boyle's Law, published in 1662. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Hooke provided a much improved version of the pump originally designed by Guericke^.
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Boyle became famous in his own lifetime and was visited by many foreigners of distinction, including the physicist Papin, with whom he worked during the late 1670s. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle worked with denis papin
From 1654 until 1668, Boyle, who set up what became a famous laboratory, took on Hooke as his assistant, and mixed with many important intellectuals, including Wilkins, Wallis, Wren, Sprat, and the students Sydenham and Locke. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
These Cutlerian lectures contained at least two important scientific discoveries, the first being the law of elasticity, which states that the stretching of a solid body, such as metal or wood, is proportional to the force applied to it. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Hooke continued lecturing throughout the 1670s, during which time he published a series of six works which, at the end of the decade, were collected in a single volume called 'Lectiones Cutlerianae'.
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The origin of forms and qualities book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
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A Description of Helioscopes, and Some Other Instruments common.topic.notable_for g.1254zjxp4
Kingdom of England military.military_combatant.military_commanders m.047kq_j
Parkinson's disease medicine.icd_9_cm_classification.parent_classification Parkinson's disease
Marriage religion.religious_practice.practice_of Anglicanism
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An Essay About The Origins And Virtues Of Gems book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
He added telescopic sights to surveying instruments and invented many others, including the first dividing engine, the first spiral gear, used to adjust the setting of telescopes, the universal joint, the iris diaphragm and a lens-grinding machine. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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Freshwater Bay Independent Lifeboat Station location.location.containedby Freshwater, Isle of Wight
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Medicina Hydrostatica book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
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Universal joint law.invention.inventor Robert Hooke
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He claimed priority over the inverse square law and this led to a serious dispute with Newton, who modified Hooke's law to develop his own Universal Law of Gravitation and removed all references to Hooke. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence The second, in 1678, proposed the Inverse Square Law of Gravitation to explain planetary motions, but Hooke wasn't able to prove the law mathematically.
In his great work, Hooke gave birth to the study of animal anatomy with his startling illustrations of the flea, the louse, the gnat and its larvae,  and he revealed the structure of the compound eye of the fly. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence His groundbreaking studies of microscopic fossils led Hooke to move towards a theory of evolution, when he realised that fossils represented the remains of once-living organisms that could be studied to understand the history of life.
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Anglicanism religion.religion.texts The Books of Homilies
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Then, following the experiments of Mersenne, Boyle proved that air was essential for the transmission of sound and that air was elastic. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Boyle described these experiments in 1660, in his first published scientific work, 'New Experiments Physio-Mechanical, Touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects'.
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Boyle on atheism book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to john wallis colleague of robert hooke
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God religion.deity.deity_of Anglicanism
Seraphic Love book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
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Isaac Newton people.person.nationality Kingdom of England
Architect base.descriptive_names.names.descriptive_name m.0108dmsb
She was a strong Parliamentarian and a friend of Milton, who introduced him to, among others, the educationalist  Hartlib, who became a lifelong friend. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence In 1645,  Boyle moved to his Dorset estate, where he began experimental work.
The Aspiring Adept book.written_work.original_language English Language
Robert Boyle book.author.works_written An Essay About The Origins And Virtues Of Gems
They continued their meetings, which became formalized between 1660 and chartered in 1662 as the Royal Society. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In 1659, the Oxford group split up, with the collapse of the Cromwell Protectorate, and most members moved back to London.
Anglicanism religion.religion.holidays Feast of Assumption
Sun astronomy.star.star_system Solar System
Jan Baptist van Helmont people.person.gender Male
London Borough of Camden location.administrative_division.second_level_division_of England
He added telescopic sights to surveying instruments and invented many others, including the first dividing engine, the first spiral gear, used to adjust the setting of telescopes, the universal joint, the iris diaphragm and a lens-grinding machine. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence He invented a few purely mechanical systems, among them a variety of carriages, a windmill that would turn itself to the wind, a new type of horizontal sail for windmills, a system of optical telegraphy, a springy saddle and an air gun.
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Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Dupuytren's contracture
Christianity religion.religion.texts Old Testament
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Freshwater, Isle of Wight common.topic.notable_types English civil parish
His work related to that of Gassendi. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle work related to pierre gassendi
Winchester location.location.containedby United Kingdom
Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Actinic keratosis
Architect common.topic.subject_of Ben Davidson
Werner Heisenberg fictional_universe.fictional_character.gender Male
Isaac Newton influence.influence_node.influenced_by Francis Bacon
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Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Ectodermal dysplasia
Micrographia (History of Microscopy Series) book.book_edition.book Micrographia
Architect freebase.equivalent_topic.equivalent_type Architect
In 1677, Hooke and the plant anatomist Grew had followed Oldenburg as secretaries of the Royal Society, but Hooke was unsuccessful in the job and resigned after five years. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence He proposed an equatorial quadrant, a depth-sounding machine, a refractometer to measure the index of refraction of liquids and a 'way-wiser', an instrument attached to a carriage to measure distances.
England location.country.languages_spoken Old English
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Daniel Bernoulli education.academic.research_areas Mathematics
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Kingdom of England common.topic.image Kingdom of England
She was a strong Parliamentarian and a friend of Milton, who introduced him to, among others, the educationalist  Hartlib, who became a lifelong friend. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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Boyle common.image.appears_in_topic_gallery Robert Boyle
Christianity religion.religion.deities Jesus Christ
Hooke met and befriended Ray, and Aubrey. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence He corresponded regularly with Leeuwenhoek.
Micrographia common.topic.notable_types Book Edition
Mathematics education.field_of_study.academics_in_this_field Daniel Bernoulli
Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Parkinson's disease
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Micrographia book.book_edition.book Micrographia
Physicist base.descriptive_names.names.descriptive_name m.010flyh5
Unpublished Material Relating to Robert Boyle's Memoirs for the Natural History of Human Blood book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz people.person.profession Physicist
Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences He proposed an equatorial quadrant, a depth-sounding machine, a refractometer to measure the index of refraction of liquids and a 'way-wiser', an instrument attached to a carriage to measure distances.
Hooke continued lecturing throughout the 1670s, during which time he published a series of six works which, at the end of the decade, were collected in a single volume called 'Lectiones Cutlerianae'. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates m.0c17zc_
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Christiaan Huygens people.person.gender Male
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from robert boyle a pal of thomas sprat
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René Descartes common.topic.notable_types Academic
Robert Hooke architecture.architect.structures_designed Monument to the Great Fire of London
Hooke continued lecturing throughout the 1670s, during which time he published a series of six works which, at the end of the decade, were collected in a single volume called 'Lectiones Cutlerianae'. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In 1677, Hooke and the plant anatomist Grew had followed Oldenburg as secretaries of the Royal Society, but Hooke was unsuccessful in the job and resigned after five years.
New Testament religion.religious_text.religious_text_of Protestantism
He suggested the freezing point of water as the zero point on the thermometer, then developed an instrument to calibrate the temperature, invented a weather clock, which recorded barometric pressure, temperature, rainfall, humidity and wind velocity on a rotating drum. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
Westminster base.biblioness.bibs_location.country England
Hooke common.topic.article m.051vpt
The sceptical chymist common.topic.notable_types Book Edition
England base.biblioness.bibs_location.country United Kingdom
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Robert Hooke people.person.education m.04q1fkm
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences Boyle described these experiments in 1660, in his first published scientific work, 'New Experiments Physio-Mechanical, Touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects'.
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences In 1645,  Boyle moved to his Dorset estate, where he began experimental work.
Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences Hooke was perhaps the greatest experimental scientist of the seventeenth century.
Balance wheel common.topic.image Red arrows indicate the balance wheel on this movement
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Robert Hooke people.person.education m.02wn0_t
Based on his design, a marine chronometer accurate enough to measure longitude was eventually constructed by John Harrison in the 18th century. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
Anglicanism religion.religion.beliefs Entering Heaven alive
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences Then, following the experiments of Mersenne, Boyle proved that air was essential for the transmission of sound and that air was elastic.
Ragley Hall common.topic.notable_types House
Balance wheel common.topic.notable_types Invention
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The Sceptical Chymist book.written_work.subjects Chemist
Robert Hooke people.person.profession Architect
Pancreatic cancer medicine.icd_9_cm_classification.parent_classification Pancreatic cancer
Ragley Hall common.topic.notable_for g.125g2w4g7
royal society first curator was robert hooke base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation first curator was
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Hooke was given the position of Curator of Experiments and from late 1662, his job was to provide each weekly meeting 'with three or four considerable Experiments', and to test other experiments that might be suggested. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
The Sceptical Chymist (Chemistry) common.topic.notable_types Book Edition
Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences Hooke continued lecturing throughout the 1670s, during which time he published a series of six works which, at the end of the decade, were collected in a single volume called 'Lectiones Cutlerianae'.
Anglicanism religion.religion.organizations Church of the Province of Central Africa
Robert Hooke book.author.book_editions_published Micrographia
Holy Spirit religion.deity.deity_of Protestantism
By 1655, Hooke had met Wilkins, Willis, Petty, Wallis, Wren, Sprat and Boyle. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
Architect common.topic.notable_types Profession
Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences During the early 1660s, Hooke made important improvements to the compound microscope and in 1665, he published his great scientific work, 'Micrographia' ('Small Drawings').
Hooke, an inventor himself and later to become Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society, produced the perfect design. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Together, he and Boyle built the pump that would allow Boyle to conduct a brilliant series of experiments on the physical nature of air, in which he proved, following Torricelli's work on the vacuum ten years before, that air was necessary for combustion and respiration.
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Academic type.type.properties Academic advisors
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Boyle became famous in his own lifetime and was visited by many foreigners of distinction, including the physicist Papin, with whom he worked during the late 1670s. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence In 1680, he was asked to become President of the Royal Society, but refused the job because.
Physics people.professional_field.professions_in_this_field Physicist
Christianity religion.religion.includes Anglicanism
Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Burn
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Robert Boyle book.author.works_written A Free Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature
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Isle of Wight location.administrative_division.country United Kingdom
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William Petty people.person.nationality United Kingdom
In his two publications of 1661, 'Certain Physiological Essays' and 'The Sceptical Chymist', Boyle's first aim was to disprove the old theory of the 'four elements': earth, air, fire, and water, as well as the 'three principles': salt, sulphur, and mercury, and to put a mechanical theory of matter in their place. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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House freebase.type_hints.included_types Topic
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Ragley Hall location.location.containedby United Kingdom
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The Sceptical Chymist book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
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Micrographia (Large Print Edition) common.topic.notable_for g.1256tk51v
Freshwater, Isle of Wight location.location.containedby Isle of Wight
Cardiovascular disease people.cause_of_death.parent_cause_of_death Cardiovascular disease
Micrographia (Large Print Edition) book.book_edition.book Micrographia
Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences The second, in 1678, proposed the Inverse Square Law of Gravitation to explain planetary motions, but Hooke wasn't able to prove the law mathematically.
Westminster base.biblioness.bibs_location.city London
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences He was also a member of the East India Company and a governor of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
Wadham College, Oxford location.location.containedby England
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In 1654, Boyle moved into lodgings in the city, bringing with him his own chemist, a Mr Staehl from Strasbourg, as a technical tutor. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek people.person.gender Male
While he was there, he renewed his acquaintance with Sir William Petty, who taught him about anatomy, physiology and the experimental technique. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence When Boyle went back to England, he was invited by Wilkins, now Warden of Wadham College, to join him in Oxford, where most of the leaders of the English scientific movement were living.
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences He knew the work of fellow-member of the Royal Society Leeuwenhoek.
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from robert boyle a pal of samuel hartlib
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Architect people.profession.specialization_of Designer
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm medicine.disease.risk_factors heart attack
Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Gastritis
English Language language.human_language.countries_spoken_in Republic of Ireland
He knew Oldenburg, Sloane and Winthrop. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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Daniel Bernoulli influence.influence_node.influenced_by Robert Boyle
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He corresponded regularly with Leeuwenhoek. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Developed a version of the camera obscura.
Architect common.topic.subjects V.G. Associates, Jaipur
Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Sebaceous cyst
Biology common.topic.subject_of Science
Hooke continued lecturing throughout the 1670s, during which time he published a series of six works which, at the end of the decade, were collected in a single volume called 'Lectiones Cutlerianae'. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence These Cutlerian lectures contained at least two important scientific discoveries, the first being the law of elasticity, which states that the stretching of a solid body, such as metal or wood, is proportional to the force applied to it.
Architect freebase.type_profile.strict_included_types Person
From 1654 until 1668, Boyle, who set up what became a famous laboratory, took on Hooke as his assistant, and mixed with many important intellectuals, including Wilkins, Wallis, Wren, Sprat, and the students Sydenham and Locke. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle was assisted by robert hooke
House freebase.type_profile.published Published
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Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Tetralogy of Fallot
Protestantism religion.religion.texts New Testament
Anglicanism common.topic.notable_types Religion
Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences Hooke explained his own scientific ideas in 'Micrographia', among them a theory of combustion with an analogy to respiration, and his mechanical theory of light as pulses of motion transmitted through a material medium, which made him a forerunner of the wave theory of light.
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Architecture common.topic.subject_of Ben Davidson
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Robert Hooke book.author.works_written Introduction to scientific inference
Christiaan Huygens base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to robert hooke parallel work with christiaan huyghens
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Anglicanism religion.religion.organizations Anglican Church of Southern Africa
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In the first few years of the decade, he published three works showing the results of his studies, 'Experiments and Considerations Touching Colors', in 1664, 'New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold' in 1665 and 'Hydrostatic Paradoxes' a year later. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
Monument to the Great Fire of London common.topic.image TheMonumentSuttonNichollsc1753 edited
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from robert boyle improved on work by marin mersenne
Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences His first innovation was to attach a coiled spring to the arbor of the balance wheel.
Anglicanism religion.religion.notable_figures Lancelot Andrewes
Galileo Galilei common.topic.notable_types Academic
Entering Heaven alive religion.belief.belief_of Anglicanism
England location.country.currency_used Pound sterling
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Chemist people.profession.specialization_of Scientist
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Anglicanism religion.religion.organizations Anglican Church of Canada
Architecture common.topic.subject_of Naomi Grieve
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United Kingdom base.aareas.schema.administrative_area.administrative_children England
3514 Hooke astronomy.astronomical_discovery.discovery_site Hamburg Observatory
Treatises On The High Veneration Man's Intellect Owes To God book.written_work.subjects The Bible
Kingdom of England military.military_combatant.military_commanders m.047krhk
Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Stuttering
Isle of Wight location.location.containedby England
Kingdom of England location.location.events English Civil War
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences In 1654, Boyle moved into lodgings in the city, bringing with him his own chemist, a Mr Staehl from Strasbourg, as a technical tutor.
Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences In 1677, Hooke and the plant anatomist Grew had followed Oldenburg as secretaries of the Royal Society, but Hooke was unsuccessful in the job and resigned after five years.
Architect base.descriptive_names.names.descriptive_name m.010655vg
The following year, Boyle published his first work, a collection of moral essays called 'Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects', one of which, 'Upon the Eating of Oysters', is thought to have inspired Swift to write 'Gulliver's Travels' in 1726. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
m.07ndkk6 base.ontologies.ontology_instance_mapping.freebase_topic Architect
England location.administrative_division.first_level_division_of United Kingdom
Isaac Newton influence.influence_node.influenced_by René Descartes
Sceptical Chymist common.topic.notable_types Book Edition
Works of the Honorable Robert Boyle common.topic.notable_types Book
Stroke medicine.risk_factor.diseases Abdominal aortic aneurysm
English Civil War time.event.locations Kingdom of England
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While he was in Geneva, he became greatly influenced by the Calvinist movement. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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Kingdom of England location.location.people_born_here Daniel Elfrith
Robert Boyle organization.organization_founder.organizations_founded Royal Society
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Theoretical Physicist common.topic.notable_types Profession
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Christianity religion.religion.practices Baptism
Micrographia (Large Print Edition) book.book_edition.binding Paperback
Scientist common.topic.notable_types Profession
First Barons' War time.event.locations Kingdom of England
Robert Hooke symbols.name_source.namesakes Hooke's law
He added telescopic sights to surveying instruments and invented many others, including the first dividing engine, the first spiral gear, used to adjust the setting of telescopes, the universal joint, the iris diaphragm and a lens-grinding machine. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Hooke still found time to design scientific instruments, which eventually included the modern air pump, the wheel barometer, on which the pivoted needle registered the pressure, the double barometer, the marine barometer, an adding machine and the micrometer.
Robert Boyle book.author.works_written Boyle on atheism
Diaphragm law.invention.inventor Robert Hooke
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Boyle became famous in his own lifetime and was visited by many foreigners of distinction, including the physicist Papin, with whom he worked during the late 1670s. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
Together, he and Boyle built the pump that would allow Boyle to conduct a brilliant series of experiments on the physical nature of air, in which he proved, following Torricelli's work on the vacuum ten years before, that air was necessary for combustion and respiration. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle inspired by evangelista torricelli
Robert Hooke people.person.profession Physicist
Anglicanism religion.religion.organizations Anglican Church of Kenya
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anton van leeuwenhoek work related to robert hooke base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke symbols.name_source.namesakes 3514 Hooke
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from robert boyle member of east india company
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Micrographia book.book.editions Micrographia
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Physicist fictional_universe.character_occupation.characters_with_this_occupation Niels Bohr
He occasionally went to London, where, through his sister, he met  Wilkins and  Petty and attended a few of the early informal meetings which would, fifteen years later, become the Royal Society. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Having developed a fascination for chemistry and alchemy, Boyle read all the available works on the subjects and built himself a private laboratory.
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Micrographia book.book.editions Micrographia; or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses, with observations and inquiries thereupon
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The Works of Robert Boyle book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
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During the early 1660s, Hooke made important improvements to the compound microscope and in 1665, he published his great scientific work, 'Micrographia' ('Small Drawings'). base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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Robert Boyle book.author.works_written Short Memoirs for the Natural Experimental History of Mineral Waters
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Christianity religion.religion.founding_figures Jesus Christ
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New Experiments and Observations upon the Icy Noctiluca book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
Protestantism religion.religion.is_part_of Christianity
Entering Heaven alive religion.belief.belief_of Christianity
Montagu House, Bloomsbury location.location.containedby London Borough of Camden
Physicist common.topic.notable_types Profession
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First War of Scottish Independence time.event.locations Kingdom of England
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A continuation of nevv experiments physico-mechanical, touching the spring and vveight of the air, and their effects. The I. part. book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
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Hooke was given the position of Curator of Experiments and from late 1662, his job was to provide each weekly meeting 'with three or four considerable Experiments', and to test other experiments that might be suggested. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence They continued their meetings, which became formalized between 1660 and chartered in 1662 as the Royal Society.
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By 1655, Hooke had met Wilkins, Willis, Petty, Wallis, Wren, Sprat and Boyle. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke a pal of christopher wren
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In 1680, he was asked to become President of the Royal Society, but refused the job because. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Boyle became famous in his own lifetime and was visited by many foreigners of distinction, including the physicist Papin, with whom he worked during the late 1670s.
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Micrographia common.topic.notable_types Book Edition
robert boyle a pal of isaac barrow base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence He became a founder member of the Royal Society in 1660, wrote treatises on natural theology in the manner of his friends Wilkins,  Tillotson and Barrow and continued to study Christianity, learning Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean and Syriac.
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Cardiovascular disease medicine.disease.parent_disease Cardiovascular disease
Newton was inspired by 'Micrographia' to develop the experiments that became the foundation of Book Two of Newton's 'Opticks',  the source of the concept of periodicity in modern optics. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Hooke explained his own scientific ideas in 'Micrographia', among them a theory of combustion with an analogy to respiration, and his mechanical theory of light as pulses of motion transmitted through a material medium, which made him a forerunner of the wave theory of light.
Robert Boyle people.person.religion Anglicanism
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences He occasionally went to London, where, through his sister, he met  Wilkins and  Petty and attended a few of the early informal meetings which would, fifteen years later, become the Royal Society.
New Testament religion.religious_text.religious_text_of Anglicanism
Robert Boyle influence.influence_node.influenced Jan Baptist van Helmont
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from robert boyle knew john dryden
Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu people.person.nationality United Kingdom
England location.country.languages_spoken Cornish Language
Anglicanism religion.religion.practices Infant communion
Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from robert hooke a pal of john aubrey
The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle common.topic.notable_types Book
In 1677, Hooke and the plant anatomist Grew had followed Oldenburg as secretaries of the Royal Society, but Hooke was unsuccessful in the job and resigned after five years. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Hooke continued lecturing throughout the 1670s, during which time he published a series of six works which, at the end of the decade, were collected in a single volume called 'Lectiones Cutlerianae'.
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from robert boyle a pal of christopher wren
Christiaan Huygens influence.influence_node.influenced Isaac Newton
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to pierre gassendi anticipated robert boyle
His groundbreaking studies of microscopic fossils led Hooke to move towards a theory of evolution, when he realised that fossils represented the remains of once-living organisms that could be studied to understand the history of life. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Corneal abrasion
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from robert boyle knew henry oldenburg
Palo Alto location.hud_county_place.place Palo Alto
Architect common.topic.subject_of Juliana Rocha
The Cutler lectures of Robert Hooke book.book.editions An attempt to prove the motion of the earth from observations made by Robert Hooke
Francis Bacon influence.influence_node.influenced_by Cornelis Drebbel
Robert Hooke common.topic.notable_types Academic
Architect base.skills.skilled_role.performs Passivhaus design
His aim was to make a chronometer that would solve the navigational problem of determining longitude. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence His first innovation was to attach a coiled spring to the arbor of the balance wheel.
'Micrographia' included Hooke's studies and illustrations of the crystal structure of snowflakes, discussed the possibility of making artificial fibres by a process similar to the spinning of the silkworm and examined the honeycomb structure of cork, coining the modern biological term 'cell'. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence This was the first work devoted to microscopic observations and in it, the descriptions were accompanied by many beautiful illustrations produced by Hooke himself.
Isaac Newton base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences The paper provoked skepticism from the curator of the Royal Society, Hooke , and, on the Continent, from Christiaan Huyghens .
Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to marin mersenne influenced robert hooke
When Boyle went back to England, he was invited by Wilkins, now Warden of Wadham College, to join him in Oxford, where most of the leaders of the English scientific movement were living. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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In 1666, immediately after the Great Fire of London, Hooke became one of three surveyors given the job of re-establishing property lines and supervising the massive rebuilding work. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Seven years later, this connection would become the reason for the first of several bitter disputes between Hooke and Newton, over who had thought of it first.
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In 1668, because of ill health, Boyle finally left Oxford for London, where he became friendly with the diarist Evelyn and carried on experimenting. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence He became a founder member of the Royal Society in 1660, wrote treatises on natural theology in the manner of his friends Wilkins,  Tillotson and Barrow and continued to study Christianity, learning Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean and Syriac.
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This group soon recognized Hooke's talents in mechanics and geometry and, after having assisted Willis for a short time, he was recommended to Boyle, who needed help in building an air pump. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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Micrographia (History of Microscopy Series) book.book_edition.isbn 9780940095076
3514 Hooke astronomy.celestial_object.category Small Solar System body
Hooke discovered, as did Christiaan Huyghens around the same time, that the oscillations of the spring were regular. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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Robert Boyle influence.influence_node.influenced_by Ibn Tufail
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With little support at first, Boyle's views gradually gained ground and greatly influenced the development of the experimental method in the late 17th century by Newton,  one of John Locke's most faithful followers. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle influenced isaac newton
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Daniel Bernoulli common.topic.notable_types Academic
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This was the first work devoted to microscopic observations and in it, the descriptions were accompanied by many beautiful illustrations produced by Hooke himself. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence During the early 1660s, Hooke made important improvements to the compound microscope and in 1665, he published his great scientific work, 'Micrographia' ('Small Drawings').
According to Spinoza,  as a follower of Descartes, only logical thought could provide the conviction necessary for proof, while experiment could only confirm or maybe deny. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Boyle's other objective was to show that the best way to demonstrate the mechanical view was by the use of careful and methodical experimentation, and in 1662 and 1663 he was involved a long argument with the philosopher Spinoza on the question of whether experiment would provide proof.
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Boyle is considered one of the founders of the modern scientific method, because of his belief in the necessity of objective observation and experimentation in scientific studies, and his devotion to verifiable laboratory experiments. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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Robert Hooke symbols.name_source.namesakes Hooke
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Robert Boyle common.topic.notable_types Academic
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His aim was to make a chronometer that would solve the navigational problem of determining longitude. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences They spent 21 months in Geneva, where Boyle studied French, mathematics and the polite arts, which included dancing and fencing.
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He suggested the freezing point of water as the zero point on the thermometer, then developed an instrument to calibrate the temperature, invented a weather clock, which recorded barometric pressure, temperature, rainfall, humidity and wind velocity on a rotating drum. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence He proposed an equatorial quadrant, a depth-sounding machine, a refractometer to measure the index of refraction of liquids and a 'way-wiser', an instrument attached to a carriage to measure distances.
robert hooke involved in dispute about gottfried wilhelm leibniz base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence During the late 1680's and 1690's, apart from playing an important role in the dispute   between Leibniz and Newton over priority regarding calculus,  he became more and more of a recluse, producing only a few more scientific papers.
He worked with Halley. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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He became a founder member of the Royal Society in 1660, wrote treatises on natural theology in the manner of his friends Wilkins,  Tillotson and Barrow and continued to study Christianity, learning Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean and Syriac. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle a pal of john tillotson
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Seraphick Love book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences Together, he and Boyle built the pump that would allow Boyle to conduct a brilliant series of experiments on the physical nature of air, in which he proved, following Torricelli's work on the vacuum ten years before, that air was necessary for combustion and respiration.
Lampas, or, Descriptions of some mechanical improvements of lamps & waterpoises book.book.editions Micrographia, or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. : With observations and inquiries thereupon.
Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences These Cutlerian lectures contained at least two important scientific discoveries, the first being the law of elasticity, which states that the stretching of a solid body, such as metal or wood, is proportional to the force applied to it.
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Between 1652 and 1653, Boyle spent time in Ireland sorting out the family estates. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence While he was there, he renewed his acquaintance with Sir William Petty, who taught him about anatomy, physiology and the experimental technique.
Seven years later, this connection would become the reason for the first of several bitter disputes between Hooke and Newton, over who had thought of it first. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence In 1666, immediately after the Great Fire of London, Hooke became one of three surveyors given the job of re-establishing property lines and supervising the massive rebuilding work.
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GodfreyKneller-IsaacNewton-1689 common.image.appears_in_topic_gallery Physicist
Architecture common.topic.subject_of Andrew Watson
God religion.deity.deity_of Christianity
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Robert Boyle on natural philosophy common.topic.notable_types Book
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The origin of forms and qualities common.topic.notable_types Book
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Boyle astronomy.extraterrestrial_location.on_celestial_object Moon
'Micrographia' included Hooke's studies and illustrations of the crystal structure of snowflakes, discussed the possibility of making artificial fibres by a process similar to the spinning of the silkworm and examined the honeycomb structure of cork, coining the modern biological term 'cell'. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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Robert Boyle book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
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In his great work, Hooke gave birth to the study of animal anatomy with his startling illustrations of the flea, the louse, the gnat and its larvae,  and he revealed the structure of the compound eye of the fly. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence 'Micrographia' included Hooke's studies and illustrations of the crystal structure of snowflakes, discussed the possibility of making artificial fibres by a process similar to the spinning of the silkworm and examined the honeycomb structure of cork, coining the modern biological term 'cell'.
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Hooke discovered, as did Christiaan Huyghens around the same time, that the oscillations of the spring were regular. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke parallel work with christiaan huyghens
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In his two publications of 1661, 'Certain Physiological Essays' and 'The Sceptical Chymist', Boyle's first aim was to disprove the old theory of the 'four elements': earth, air, fire, and water, as well as the 'three principles': salt, sulphur, and mercury, and to put a mechanical theory of matter in their place. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Right through his life, Boyle continued experimenting with the air pump, among other things showing that fruits and vegetables contained air (in fact carbon dioxide) that they gave off during fermentation.
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During the 1660s, Boyle carried out investigation into physic as well, including the gas laws, the expansion of water on freezing, hydrostatic pressure, specific gravity, the refractive index, color and electricity. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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Developed a version of the camera obscura. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke improved camera obscura
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Boyle's other objective was to show that the best way to demonstrate the mechanical view was by the use of careful and methodical experimentation, and in 1662 and 1663 he was involved a long argument with the philosopher Spinoza on the question of whether experiment would provide proof. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In his two publications of 1661, 'Certain Physiological Essays' and 'The Sceptical Chymist', Boyle's first aim was to disprove the old theory of the 'four elements': earth, air, fire, and water, as well as the 'three principles': salt, sulphur, and mercury, and to put a mechanical theory of matter in their place.
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She was a strong Parliamentarian and a friend of Milton, who introduced him to, among others, the educationalist  Hartlib, who became a lifelong friend. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle a pal of samuel hartlib
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Seven years later, this connection would become the reason for the first of several bitter disputes between Hooke and Newton, over who had thought of it first. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Newton was inspired by 'Micrographia' to develop the experiments that became the foundation of Book Two of Newton's 'Opticks',  the source of the concept of periodicity in modern optics.
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Hooke discovered, as did Christiaan Huyghens around the same time, that the oscillations of the spring were regular. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence He then replacing the pendulum, first proposed as a timing device by Mersenne, with a vibrating wheel that could be moved, because it oscillated around its own centre of gravity, With these developments, Hooke created the basic principle of the watch.
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During this period, Hooke's output was phenomenal. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence He invented a few purely mechanical systems, among them a variety of carriages, a windmill that would turn itself to the wind, a new type of horizontal sail for windmills, a system of optical telegraphy, a springy saddle and an air gun.
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From 1654 until 1668, Boyle, who set up what became a famous laboratory, took on Hooke as his assistant, and mixed with many important intellectuals, including Wilkins, Wallis, Wren, Sprat, and the students Sydenham and Locke. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle a pal of christopher wren
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When Boyle went back to England, he was invited by Wilkins, now Warden of Wadham College, to join him in Oxford, where most of the leaders of the English scientific movement were living. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence While he was there, he renewed his acquaintance with Sir William Petty, who taught him about anatomy, physiology and the experimental technique.
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They spent 21 months in Geneva, where Boyle studied French, mathematics and the polite arts, which included dancing and fencing. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
During the early 1660s, Hooke made important improvements to the compound microscope and in 1665, he published his great scientific work, 'Micrographia' ('Small Drawings'). base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence This was the first work devoted to microscopic observations and in it, the descriptions were accompanied by many beautiful illustrations produced by Hooke himself.
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Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences Seven years later, this connection would become the reason for the first of several bitter disputes between Hooke and Newton, over who had thought of it first.
He knew the work of fellow-member of the Royal Society Leeuwenhoek. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence He was an early exponent of the miasma theory He met Leibniz.
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Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Syphilis
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edmond halley worked with robert hooke base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence When Halley returned in 1684, he found that two of his fellow members in the Royal Society, inventor Robert Hooke and architect Sir Christopher Wren , were trying to come up with an explanation for planetary motion, a project that also interested Halley.
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From 1654 until 1668, Boyle, who set up what became a famous laboratory, took on Hooke as his assistant, and mixed with many important intellectuals, including Wilkins, Wallis, Wren, Sprat, and the students Sydenham and Locke. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle a pal of thomas sprat
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He knew the work of fellow-member of the Royal Society Leeuwenhoek. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Was influenced by William Gilbert Haukesbee repeated his experiments Christiaan Huyghens saw his vacuum experiments He used the camera obscura.
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Then, following the experiments of Mersenne, Boyle proved that air was essential for the transmission of sound and that air was elastic. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Together, he and Boyle built the pump that would allow Boyle to conduct a brilliant series of experiments on the physical nature of air, in which he proved, following Torricelli's work on the vacuum ten years before, that air was necessary for combustion and respiration.
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The following year, Boyle published his first work, a collection of moral essays called 'Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects', one of which, 'Upon the Eating of Oysters', is thought to have inspired Swift to write 'Gulliver's Travels' in 1726. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle inspired jonathan swift
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He claimed priority over the inverse square law and this led to a serious dispute with Newton, who modified Hooke's law to develop his own Universal Law of Gravitation and removed all references to Hooke. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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In 1666, immediately after the Great Fire of London, Hooke became one of three surveyors given the job of re-establishing property lines and supervising the massive rebuilding work. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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Fourteen years later, this law was independently stated by Mariotte, and became known in France as 'Mariotte's Law. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
During the late 1680's and 1690's, apart from playing an important role in the dispute   between Leibniz and Newton over priority regarding calculus,  he became more and more of a recluse, producing only a few more scientific papers. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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He knew Oldenburg, Sloane and Winthrop. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence His work related to that of Gassendi.
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When Boyle went back to England, he was invited by Wilkins, now Warden of Wadham College, to join him in Oxford, where most of the leaders of the English scientific movement were living. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence In 1654, Boyle moved into lodgings in the city, bringing with him his own chemist, a Mr Staehl from Strasbourg, as a technical tutor.
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He invented a few purely mechanical systems, among them a variety of carriages, a windmill that would turn itself to the wind, a new type of horizontal sail for windmills, a system of optical telegraphy, a springy saddle and an air gun. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence He added telescopic sights to surveying instruments and invented many others, including the first dividing engine, the first spiral gear, used to adjust the setting of telescopes, the universal joint, the iris diaphragm and a lens-grinding machine.
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In 1658, Hooke took on the challenging task of designing an accurate portable clock. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates m.0c17z7k
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In his great work, Hooke gave birth to the study of animal anatomy with his startling illustrations of the flea, the louse, the gnat and its larvae,  and he revealed the structure of the compound eye of the fly. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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He corresponded regularly with Leeuwenhoek. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke corresponded with anton van leeuwenhoek
While he was in Geneva, he became greatly influenced by the Calvinist movement. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence From Switzerland, he moved to Florence in 1641, where, over a year, he mastered Italian and was introduced to the new science, reading 'Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems' by Galileo, who died during his stay there in early 1642.
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He corresponded regularly with Leeuwenhoek. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Hooke met and befriended Ray, and Aubrey.
Based on his design, a marine chronometer accurate enough to measure longitude was eventually constructed by John Harrison in the 18th century. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence In 1659, the Oxford group split up, with the collapse of the Cromwell Protectorate, and most members moved back to London.
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Hooke explained his own scientific ideas in 'Micrographia', among them a theory of combustion with an analogy to respiration, and his mechanical theory of light as pulses of motion transmitted through a material medium, which made him a forerunner of the wave theory of light. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Newton was inspired by 'Micrographia' to develop the experiments that became the foundation of Book Two of Newton's 'Opticks',  the source of the concept of periodicity in modern optics.
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He occasionally went to London, where, through his sister, he met  Wilkins and  Petty and attended a few of the early informal meetings which would, fifteen years later, become the Royal Society. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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Micrographia book.book_edition.binding Paperback
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences He was an early exponent of the miasma theory He met Leibniz.
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He then replacing the pendulum, first proposed as a timing device by Mersenne, with a vibrating wheel that could be moved, because it oscillated around its own centre of gravity, With these developments, Hooke created the basic principle of the watch. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke improved idea of marin mersenne
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Hooke provided a much improved version of the pump originally designed by Guericke^. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence This group soon recognized Hooke's talents in mechanics and geometry and, after having assisted Willis for a short time, he was recommended to Boyle, who needed help in building an air pump.
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He then replacing the pendulum, first proposed as a timing device by Mersenne, with a vibrating wheel that could be moved, because it oscillated around its own centre of gravity, With these developments, Hooke created the basic principle of the watch. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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During the late 1680's and 1690's, apart from playing an important role in the dispute   between Leibniz and Newton over priority regarding calculus,  he became more and more of a recluse, producing only a few more scientific papers. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke involved in dispute about gottfried wilhelm leibniz
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From Switzerland, he moved to Florence in 1641, where, over a year, he mastered Italian and was introduced to the new science, reading 'Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems' by Galileo, who died during his stay there in early 1642. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Boyle went back to Geneva, then home to Ireland in 1644 and, although he had inherited the impoverished manor of Stalbridge in Dorset, England, chose instead to stay for a year in London with his favourite sister, the brilliant Katherine, Lady Ranelagh.
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He was also a member of the East India Company and a governor of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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Together, he and Boyle built the pump that would allow Boyle to conduct a brilliant series of experiments on the physical nature of air, in which he proved, following Torricelli's work on the vacuum ten years before, that air was necessary for combustion and respiration. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Then, following the experiments of Mersenne, Boyle proved that air was essential for the transmission of sound and that air was elastic.
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In the mid-1650s, Oxford was the home of a brilliant circle of scientists and intellectuals who held regular meetings. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence By 1655, Hooke had met Wilkins, Willis, Petty, Wallis, Wren, Sprat and Boyle.
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In his two publications of 1661, 'Certain Physiological Essays' and 'The Sceptical Chymist', Boyle's first aim was to disprove the old theory of the 'four elements': earth, air, fire, and water, as well as the 'three principles': salt, sulphur, and mercury, and to put a mechanical theory of matter in their place. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Boyle's other objective was to show that the best way to demonstrate the mechanical view was by the use of careful and methodical experimentation, and in 1662 and 1663 he was involved a long argument with the philosopher Spinoza on the question of whether experiment would provide proof.
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The second, in 1678, proposed the Inverse Square Law of Gravitation to explain planetary motions, but Hooke wasn't able to prove the law mathematically. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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To Boyle, experiment was an essential ingredient of proof. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence According to Spinoza,  as a follower of Descartes, only logical thought could provide the conviction necessary for proof, while experiment could only confirm or maybe deny.
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In the second edition two years later, he added what became known as 'Boyle's Law', stating that if the temperature and quantity of a gas remain constant, the volume varies inversely with the pressure. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Fourteen years later, this law was independently stated by Mariotte, and became known in France as 'Mariotte's Law.
According to Spinoza,  as a follower of Descartes, only logical thought could provide the conviction necessary for proof, while experiment could only confirm or maybe deny. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence To Boyle, experiment was an essential ingredient of proof.
Together, he and Boyle built the pump that would allow Boyle to conduct a brilliant series of experiments on the physical nature of air, in which he proved, following Torricelli's work on the vacuum ten years before, that air was necessary for combustion and respiration. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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He proposed an equatorial quadrant, a depth-sounding machine, a refractometer to measure the index of refraction of liquids and a 'way-wiser', an instrument attached to a carriage to measure distances. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence In 1677, Hooke and the plant anatomist Grew had followed Oldenburg as secretaries of the Royal Society, but Hooke was unsuccessful in the job and resigned after five years.
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences According to Spinoza,  as a follower of Descartes, only logical thought could provide the conviction necessary for proof, while experiment could only confirm or maybe deny.
Commission for Rebuilding the City of London organization.membership_organization.members m.0g96v02
Jesus Christ religion.deity.deity_of Protestantism
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Robert Boyle book.author.works_written The origin of forms and qualities
From Switzerland, he moved to Florence in 1641, where, over a year, he mastered Italian and was introduced to the new science, reading 'Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems' by Galileo, who died during his stay there in early 1642. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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At some point around 1671, he was inspired to take up microscopy, either through having seen a copy of Hooke's popular illustrated book 'Micrographia' (1665), or  through a desire to improve the glasses used generally by drapers to inspect the quality of cloth. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections anton van leeuwenhoek work related to robert hooke
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He became a founder member of the Royal Society in 1660, wrote treatises on natural theology in the manner of his friends Wilkins,  Tillotson and Barrow and continued to study Christianity, learning Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean and Syriac. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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Micrographia book.book_edition.isbn 9781421950730
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By 1655, Hooke had met Wilkins, Willis, Petty, Wallis, Wren, Sprat and Boyle. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence This group soon recognized Hooke's talents in mechanics and geometry and, after having assisted Willis for a short time, he was recommended to Boyle, who needed help in building an air pump.
Fourteen years later, this law was independently stated by Mariotte, and became known in France as 'Mariotte's Law. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In the second edition two years later, he added what became known as 'Boyle's Law', stating that if the temperature and quantity of a gas remain constant, the volume varies inversely with the pressure.
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He proposed an equatorial quadrant, a depth-sounding machine, a refractometer to measure the index of refraction of liquids and a 'way-wiser', an instrument attached to a carriage to measure distances. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence He suggested the freezing point of water as the zero point on the thermometer, then developed an instrument to calibrate the temperature, invented a weather clock, which recorded barometric pressure, temperature, rainfall, humidity and wind velocity on a rotating drum.
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She was a strong Parliamentarian and a friend of Milton, who introduced him to, among others, the educationalist  Hartlib, who became a lifelong friend. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Boyle went back to Geneva, then home to Ireland in 1644 and, although he had inherited the impoverished manor of Stalbridge in Dorset, England, chose instead to stay for a year in London with his favourite sister, the brilliant Katherine, Lady Ranelagh.
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He knew the work of fellow-member of the Royal Society Leeuwenhoek. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle knew work of anton van leeuwenhoek
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In 1677, Hooke and the plant anatomist Grew had followed Oldenburg as secretaries of the Royal Society, but Hooke was unsuccessful in the job and resigned after five years. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates m.0c17zcp
Micrographia (History of Microscopy Series) common.topic.notable_types Book Edition
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He worked with Halley. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Was a friend of Tompion Papin was an assistant Worked for Flamsteed.
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Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences Hooke still found time to design scientific instruments, which eventually included the modern air pump, the wheel barometer, on which the pivoted needle registered the pressure, the double barometer, the marine barometer, an adding machine and the micrometer.
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The paper provoked skepticism from the curator of the Royal Society, Hooke , and, on the Continent, from Christiaan Huyghens . base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections isaac newton criticized by robert hooke
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Essays of the strange subtilty, great efficacy, determinate nature of effluviums book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
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Between 1652 and 1653, Boyle spent time in Ireland sorting out the family estates. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
He invented a few purely mechanical systems, among them a variety of carriages, a windmill that would turn itself to the wind, a new type of horizontal sail for windmills, a system of optical telegraphy, a springy saddle and an air gun. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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Boyle described these experiments in 1660, in his first published scientific work, 'New Experiments Physio-Mechanical, Touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects'. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Then, following the experiments of Mersenne, Boyle proved that air was essential for the transmission of sound and that air was elastic.
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By 1655, Hooke had met Wilkins, Willis, Petty, Wallis, Wren, Sprat and Boyle. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke a pal of william petty
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Known as Hooke's Law, it laid the foundation for studies of stress and strain and of elastic materials. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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They spent 21 months in Geneva, where Boyle studied French, mathematics and the polite arts, which included dancing and fencing. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence While he was in Geneva, he became greatly influenced by the Calvinist movement.
In 1658, Hooke took on the challenging task of designing an accurate portable clock. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence His aim was to make a chronometer that would solve the navigational problem of determining longitude.
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His aim was to make a chronometer that would solve the navigational problem of determining longitude. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In 1658, Hooke took on the challenging task of designing an accurate portable clock.
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They continued their meetings, which became formalized between 1660 and chartered in 1662 as the Royal Society. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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This group soon recognized Hooke's talents in mechanics and geometry and, after having assisted Willis for a short time, he was recommended to Boyle, who needed help in building an air pump. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Hooke provided a much improved version of the pump originally designed by Guericke^.
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Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences Hooke discovered, as did Christiaan Huyghens around the same time, that the oscillations of the spring were regular.
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From Switzerland, he moved to Florence in 1641, where, over a year, he mastered Italian and was introduced to the new science, reading 'Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems' by Galileo, who died during his stay there in early 1642. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence While he was in Geneva, he became greatly influenced by the Calvinist movement.
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences In the second edition two years later, he added what became known as 'Boyle's Law', stating that if the temperature and quantity of a gas remain constant, the volume varies inversely with the pressure.
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Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences He invented a few purely mechanical systems, among them a variety of carriages, a windmill that would turn itself to the wind, a new type of horizontal sail for windmills, a system of optical telegraphy, a springy saddle and an air gun.
Ibn Tufail people.person.profession Philosopher
During this period, Hooke's output was phenomenal. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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Christianity religion.religion.texts New Testament
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Newton was inspired by 'Micrographia' to develop the experiments that became the foundation of Book Two of Newton's 'Opticks',  the source of the concept of periodicity in modern optics. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Seven years later, this connection would become the reason for the first of several bitter disputes between Hooke and Newton, over who had thought of it first.
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Hooke still found time to design scientific instruments, which eventually included the modern air pump, the wheel barometer, on which the pivoted needle registered the pressure, the double barometer, the marine barometer, an adding machine and the micrometer. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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Hooke, an inventor himself and later to become Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society, produced the perfect design. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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robert hooke improved idea of marin mersenne base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence He then replacing the pendulum, first proposed as a timing device by Mersenne, with a vibrating wheel that could be moved, because it oscillated around its own centre of gravity, With these developments, Hooke created the basic principle of the watch.
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He knew the work of fellow-member of the Royal Society Leeuwenhoek. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences His groundbreaking studies of microscopic fossils led Hooke to move towards a theory of evolution, when he realised that fossils represented the remains of once-living organisms that could be studied to understand the history of life.
Robert Hooke book.author.works_written The Cutler lectures of Robert Hooke
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The second, in 1678, proposed the Inverse Square Law of Gravitation to explain planetary motions, but Hooke wasn't able to prove the law mathematically. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence He claimed priority over the inverse square law and this led to a serious dispute with Newton, who modified Hooke's law to develop his own Universal Law of Gravitation and removed all references to Hooke.
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Robert Boyle book.author.works_written Treatises On The High Veneration Man's Intellect Owes To God
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Lampas, or, Descriptions of some mechanical improvements of lamps & waterpoises book.book.editions Lampas, or, Descriptions of some mechanical improvements of lamps & waterpoises together with some other physical and mechanical discoveries
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Was influenced by William Gilbert Haukesbee repeated his experiments Christiaan Huyghens saw his vacuum experiments He used the camera obscura. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence He knew Oldenburg, Sloane and Winthrop.
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They spent 21 months in Geneva, where Boyle studied French, mathematics and the polite arts, which included dancing and fencing. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In 1639, Robert Boyle went on a tour of Europe with Francis, his older brother, and a private tutor.
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Republic of Ireland location.country.languages_spoken English Language
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Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Non-gonococcal urethritis
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While he was in Geneva, he became greatly influenced by the Calvinist movement. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence They spent 21 months in Geneva, where Boyle studied French, mathematics and the polite arts, which included dancing and fencing.
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Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Urethritis
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In 1659, the Oxford group split up, with the collapse of the Cromwell Protectorate, and most members moved back to London. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates m.0c17z8h
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He was also a member of the East India Company and a governor of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Boyle became famous in his own lifetime and was visited by many foreigners of distinction, including the physicist Papin, with whom he worked during the late 1670s.
Kingdom of England location.location.people_born_here Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer
robert boyle a pal of john evelyn base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence In 1668, because of ill health, Boyle finally left Oxford for London, where he became friendly with the diarist Evelyn and carried on experimenting.
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He was an early exponent of the miasma theory He met Leibniz. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence He knew the work of fellow-member of the Royal Society Leeuwenhoek.
Hooke provided a much improved version of the pump originally designed by Guericke^. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence With it, Boyle (with Hooke's assistance) carried out the experiments which resulted in Boyle's Law, published in 1662.
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Sydney Smirke common.topic.notable_types Architect
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England location.location.containedby United Kingdom
Micrographia book.book_edition.book Micrographia
gustave eiffel studied work of robert hooke base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence He studied the work of the English scientists Hooke and Thomas Young who had established elasticity principles for metals and then worked out his own formula for wrought-iron construction.
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With it, Boyle (with Hooke's assistance) carried out the experiments which resulted in Boyle's Law, published in 1662. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences Boyle is considered one of the founders of the modern scientific method, because of his belief in the necessity of objective observation and experimentation in scientific studies, and his devotion to verifiable laboratory experiments.
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City of London location.location.containedby London
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Old Testament religion.religious_text.religious_text_of Protestantism
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences At some point around 1671, he was inspired to take up microscopy, either through having seen a copy of Hooke's popular illustrated book 'Micrographia' (1665), or  through a desire to improve the glasses used generally by drapers to inspect the quality of cloth.
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With little support at first, Boyle's views gradually gained ground and greatly influenced the development of the experimental method in the late 17th century by Newton,  one of John Locke's most faithful followers. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence During the 1660s, Boyle carried out investigation into physic as well, including the gas laws, the expansion of water on freezing, hydrostatic pressure, specific gravity, the refractive index, color and electricity.
Robert Boyle book.author.works_written The Sceptical Chymist
Ragley Hall common.topic.image Ragley Hall
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences The following year, Boyle published his first work, a collection of moral essays called 'Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects', one of which, 'Upon the Eating of Oysters', is thought to have inspired Swift to write 'Gulliver's Travels' in 1726.
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Was influenced by William Gilbert Haukesbee repeated his experiments Christiaan Huyghens saw his vacuum experiments He used the camera obscura. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle used camera obscura
Robert Boyle people.person.parents Catherine Fenton
Micrographia book.book_edition.binding Hardcover
Hooke symbols.namesake.named_after Robert Hooke
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Anglican Communion religion.religious_organization.associated_with Anglicanism
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William Petty base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_to robert hooke a pal of william petty
Robert Boyle book.author.book_editions_published The sceptical chymist
Anglicanism religion.religion.is_part_of Christianity
Anglicanism religion.religion.collective_term_for_adherents Anglicans
Developed a version of the camera obscura. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence He corresponded regularly with Leeuwenhoek.
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from robert boyle a fan of william oughtred
Abdominal aortic aneurysm medicine.disease.risk_factors Stroke
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robert boyle influenced isaac newton base.kwebbase.kwconnection.relation influenced
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The Sceptical Chymist book.written_work.subjects Science
The sceptical chymist book.book_edition.book The Sceptical Chymist
During the early 1660s, Hooke made important improvements to the compound microscope and in 1665, he published his great scientific work, 'Micrographia' ('Small Drawings'). base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Hooke was given the position of Curator of Experiments and from late 1662, his job was to provide each weekly meeting 'with three or four considerable Experiments', and to test other experiments that might be suggested.
Micrographia book.book.editions Micrographia
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Boyle symbols.namesake.named_after Robert Boyle
Micrographia common.topic.notable_for g.12591dzxr
London location.location.containedby United Kingdom
Anglicanism religion.religion.texts Book of Common Prayer
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences His work related to that of Gassendi.
Boyle went back to Geneva, then home to Ireland in 1644 and, although he had inherited the impoverished manor of Stalbridge in Dorset, England, chose instead to stay for a year in London with his favourite sister, the brilliant Katherine, Lady Ranelagh. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
Christianity religion.religion.holidays Saint Patrick's Day
England common.topic.notable_types Country
robert hooke inspired isaac newton base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence Newton was inspired by 'Micrographia' to develop the experiments that became the foundation of Book Two of Newton's 'Opticks',  the source of the concept of periodicity in modern optics.
robert hooke succeeded henry oldenburg base.kwebbase.kwconnection.subject Robert Hooke
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john flamsteed knew robert hooke base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence As a result, the Royal Observatory was built at Greenwich by Wren, the leading architect of the time, assisted by Hooke .
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences He became a founder member of the Royal Society in 1660, wrote treatises on natural theology in the manner of his friends Wilkins,  Tillotson and Barrow and continued to study Christianity, learning Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean and Syriac.
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences In 1657, Boyle heard about Guericke's invention of an air pump and, recognizing straight away its scientific possibilities, he set his assistants the job of designing an improved version.
Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Leprosy
In 1654, Boyle moved into lodgings in the city, bringing with him his own chemist, a Mr Staehl from Strasbourg, as a technical tutor. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence The following year, Boyle published his first work, a collection of moral essays called 'Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects', one of which, 'Upon the Eating of Oysters', is thought to have inspired Swift to write 'Gulliver's Travels' in 1726.
robert hooke knew john winthrop, the younger base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence Knew Winthrop.
Robert Hooke people.person.place_of_birth Freshwater, Isle of Wight
robert boyle improved on work by marin mersenne base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence Then, following the experiments of Mersenne, Boyle proved that air was essential for the transmission of sound and that air was elastic.
Micrographia common.topic.notable_types Book Edition
Experimentae et Observationes Physicae book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
Having developed a fascination for chemistry and alchemy, Boyle read all the available works on the subjects and built himself a private laboratory. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In 1645,  Boyle moved to his Dorset estate, where he began experimental work.
Academic type.type.expected_by Academics in this field
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Micrographia (History of Microscopy Series) book.book_edition.author_editor Robert Hooke
Micrographia book.book_edition.book Micrographia
Architect common.topic.subject_of Charlotte Harris
The Cutler lectures of Robert Hooke book.book.editions The posthumous works of Robert Hooke
The babysitter book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
Anglicanism common.topic.image Rochester cathedral stained glass 2
Edmond Halley base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from edmond halley worked with robert hooke
Robert Boyle book.author.works_written Beaumont, Fletcher, and Massinger
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Hooke, an inventor himself and later to become Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society, produced the perfect design. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In 1657, Boyle heard about Guericke's invention of an air pump and, recognizing straight away its scientific possibilities, he set his assistants the job of designing an improved version.
Kingdom of England location.location.people_born_here Old Tom Parr
His first innovation was to attach a coiled spring to the arbor of the balance wheel. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Hooke discovered, as did Christiaan Huyghens around the same time, that the oscillations of the spring were regular.
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St. Luke's Episcopal Church religion.religious_organization.is_member_of Anglican Communion
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz people.person.profession Philosopher
In 1680, he was asked to become President of the Royal Society, but refused the job because. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence He retired from the Royal Society in 1689.
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denis papin assistant to robert hooke base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence Later that year he  became Hooke's assistant at the Royal Society, and was elected a fellow in late 1680.
Ibn Tufail influence.influence_node.influenced Isaac Newton
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from robert boyle gave demo to christiaan huyghens
Designer common.topic.notable_types Profession
Micrographia book.book.editions Micrographia (History of Microscopy Series)
Monument to the Great Fire of London architecture.structure.architect Robert Hooke
Hydrostatical paradoxes, made out by new experiments (for the most part physical and easie) common.topic.notable_types Book
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Right through his life, Boyle continued experimenting with the air pump, among other things showing that fruits and vegetables contained air (in fact carbon dioxide) that they gave off during fermentation. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Fourteen years later, this law was independently stated by Mariotte, and became known in France as 'Mariotte's Law.
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First Barons' War time.event.locations England
Boyle's other objective was to show that the best way to demonstrate the mechanical view was by the use of careful and methodical experimentation, and in 1662 and 1663 he was involved a long argument with the philosopher Spinoza on the question of whether experiment would provide proof. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle argued with baruch spinoza
Was a friend of Tompion Papin was an assistant Worked for Flamsteed. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke worked for john flamsteed
Robert Boyle book.author.works_written New Experiments and Observations upon the Icy Noctiluca
During this period, Hooke's output was phenomenal. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence He suggested the freezing point of water as the zero point on the thermometer, then developed an instrument to calibrate the temperature, invented a weather clock, which recorded barometric pressure, temperature, rainfall, humidity and wind velocity on a rotating drum.
St. Luke's Episcopal Church religion.religious_organization.associated_with Anglicanism
The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
By 1655, Hooke had met Wilkins, Willis, Petty, Wallis, Wren, Sprat and Boyle. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke a pal of john wallis
Pound sterling finance.currency.countries_used Kingdom of England
Physicist fictional_universe.character_occupation.characters_with_this_occupation Ronald McNair
Male common.topic.image male.jpg
Beaumont, Fletcher, and Massinger book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Kaposi's sarcoma
In 1668, because of ill health, Boyle finally left Oxford for London, where he became friendly with the diarist Evelyn and carried on experimenting. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle a pal of john evelyn
Kingdom of England location.country.official_language Middle English
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Kingdom of England military.military_combatant.casualties m.047kr1m
In the first few years of the decade, he published three works showing the results of his studies, 'Experiments and Considerations Touching Colors', in 1664, 'New Experiments and Observations Touching Cold' in 1665 and 'Hydrostatic Paradoxes' a year later. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence During the 1660s, Boyle carried out investigation into physic as well, including the gas laws, the expansion of water on freezing, hydrostatic pressure, specific gravity, the refractive index, color and electricity.
Robert Boyle influence.influence_node.influenced_by Otto von Guericke
Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Club foot
Isaac Newton influence.influence_node.influenced_by Robert Boyle
Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Abdominal aortic aneurysm
Universal joint common.topic.image Universal joint
Saint Patrick's Day time.holiday.featured_in_religions Anglicanism
Academic type.type.expected_by Person
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He retired from the Royal Society in 1689. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In 1680, he was asked to become President of the Royal Society, but refused the job because.
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During the 1660s, Boyle carried out investigation into physic as well, including the gas laws, the expansion of water on freezing, hydrostatic pressure, specific gravity, the refractive index, color and electricity. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence With little support at first, Boyle's views gradually gained ground and greatly influenced the development of the experimental method in the late 17th century by Newton,  one of John Locke's most faithful followers.
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In 1659, the Oxford group split up, with the collapse of the Cromwell Protectorate, and most members moved back to London. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Based on his design, a marine chronometer accurate enough to measure longitude was eventually constructed by John Harrison in the 18th century.
The paper provoked skepticism from the curator of the Royal Society, Hooke , and, on the Continent, from Christiaan Huyghens . base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Isaac Newton
Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences This group soon recognized Hooke's talents in mechanics and geometry and, after having assisted Willis for a short time, he was recommended to Boyle, who needed help in building an air pump.
Cardiovascular disease medicine.disease_cause.diseases Transient ischemic attack
With it, Boyle (with Hooke's assistance) carried out the experiments which resulted in Boyle's Law, published in 1662. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates m.0c17z77
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Architect fictional_universe.character_occupation.characters_with_this_occupation Erik
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Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Ventricular tachycardia
Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences 'Micrographia' included Hooke's studies and illustrations of the crystal structure of snowflakes, discussed the possibility of making artificial fibres by a process similar to the spinning of the silkworm and examined the honeycomb structure of cork, coining the modern biological term 'cell'.
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Male medicine.risk_factor.diseases Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
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Robert Boyle book.author.works_written A continuation of nevv experiments physico-mechanical, touching the spring and vveight of the air, and their effects. The I. part.
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Robert Hooke base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences Hooke was given the position of Curator of Experiments and from late 1662, his job was to provide each weekly meeting 'with three or four considerable Experiments', and to test other experiments that might be suggested.
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences With little support at first, Boyle's views gradually gained ground and greatly influenced the development of the experimental method in the late 17th century by Newton,  one of John Locke's most faithful followers.
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robert boyle a pal of christopher wren base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence From 1654 until 1668, Boyle, who set up what became a famous laboratory, took on Hooke as his assistant, and mixed with many important intellectuals, including Wilkins, Wallis, Wren, Sprat, and the students Sydenham and Locke.
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Was influenced by William Gilbert Haukesbee repeated his experiments Christiaan Huyghens saw his vacuum experiments He used the camera obscura. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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In 1666, immediately after the Great Fire of London, Hooke became one of three surveyors given the job of re-establishing property lines and supervising the massive rebuilding work. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Hooke still found time to design scientific instruments, which eventually included the modern air pump, the wheel barometer, on which the pivoted needle registered the pressure, the double barometer, the marine barometer, an adding machine and the micrometer.
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Short Memoirs for the Natural Experimental History of Mineral Waters book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
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The following year, Boyle published his first work, a collection of moral essays called 'Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects', one of which, 'Upon the Eating of Oysters', is thought to have inspired Swift to write 'Gulliver's Travels' in 1726. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In 1654, Boyle moved into lodgings in the city, bringing with him his own chemist, a Mr Staehl from Strasbourg, as a technical tutor.
In 1645,  Boyle moved to his Dorset estate, where he began experimental work. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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He worked with Halley. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Knew Winthrop.
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They continued their meetings, which became formalized between 1660 and chartered in 1662 as the Royal Society. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Hooke was given the position of Curator of Experiments and from late 1662, his job was to provide each weekly meeting 'with three or four considerable Experiments', and to test other experiments that might be suggested.
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Boyle described these experiments in 1660, in his first published scientific work, 'New Experiments Physio-Mechanical, Touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects'. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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He proposed an equatorial quadrant, a depth-sounding machine, a refractometer to measure the index of refraction of liquids and a 'way-wiser', an instrument attached to a carriage to measure distances. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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robert boyle a pal of thomas sprat base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence From 1654 until 1668, Boyle, who set up what became a famous laboratory, took on Hooke as his assistant, and mixed with many important intellectuals, including Wilkins, Wallis, Wren, Sprat, and the students Sydenham and Locke.
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Hooke explained his own scientific ideas in 'Micrographia', among them a theory of combustion with an analogy to respiration, and his mechanical theory of light as pulses of motion transmitted through a material medium, which made him a forerunner of the wave theory of light. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence His groundbreaking studies of microscopic fossils led Hooke to move towards a theory of evolution, when he realised that fossils represented the remains of once-living organisms that could be studied to understand the history of life.
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Boyle described these experiments in 1660, in his first published scientific work, 'New Experiments Physio-Mechanical, Touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects'. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence In the second edition two years later, he added what became known as 'Boyle's Law', stating that if the temperature and quantity of a gas remain constant, the volume varies inversely with the pressure.
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Known as Hooke's Law, it laid the foundation for studies of stress and strain and of elastic materials. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence These Cutlerian lectures contained at least two important scientific discoveries, the first being the law of elasticity, which states that the stretching of a solid body, such as metal or wood, is proportional to the force applied to it.
William Petty people.person.profession Philosopher
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences Boyle's other objective was to show that the best way to demonstrate the mechanical view was by the use of careful and methodical experimentation, and in 1662 and 1663 he was involved a long argument with the philosopher Spinoza on the question of whether experiment would provide proof.
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Boyle's other objective was to show that the best way to demonstrate the mechanical view was by the use of careful and methodical experimentation, and in 1662 and 1663 he was involved a long argument with the philosopher Spinoza on the question of whether experiment would provide proof. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence According to Spinoza,  as a follower of Descartes, only logical thought could provide the conviction necessary for proof, while experiment could only confirm or maybe deny.
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In 1659, the Oxford group split up, with the collapse of the Cromwell Protectorate, and most members moved back to London. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence They continued their meetings, which became formalized between 1660 and chartered in 1662 as the Royal Society.
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3514 Hooke astronomy.astronomical_discovery.discoverer Luboš Kohoutek
In 1645,  Boyle moved to his Dorset estate, where he began experimental work. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence She was a strong Parliamentarian and a friend of Milton, who introduced him to, among others, the educationalist  Hartlib, who became a lifelong friend.
Robert Boyle influence.influence_node.influenced Isaac Newton
At some point around 1671, he was inspired to take up microscopy, either through having seen a copy of Hooke's popular illustrated book 'Micrographia' (1665), or  through a desire to improve the glasses used generally by drapers to inspect the quality of cloth. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
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Academic type.type.properties Appointments, fellowships, etc.
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He was an early exponent of the miasma theory He met Leibniz. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Saw instrument from the Accademia del Cimento.
In 1658, Hooke took on the challenging task of designing an accurate portable clock. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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Was influenced by William Gilbert Haukesbee repeated his experiments Christiaan Huyghens saw his vacuum experiments He used the camera obscura. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence He knew the work of fellow-member of the Royal Society Leeuwenhoek.
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He suggested the freezing point of water as the zero point on the thermometer, then developed an instrument to calibrate the temperature, invented a weather clock, which recorded barometric pressure, temperature, rainfall, humidity and wind velocity on a rotating drum. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence During this period, Hooke's output was phenomenal.
Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.connections_from robert boyle a pal of john evelyn
During the late 1680's and 1690's, apart from playing an important role in the dispute   between Leibniz and Newton over priority regarding calculus,  he became more and more of a recluse, producing only a few more scientific papers. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence He claimed priority over the inverse square law and this led to a serious dispute with Newton, who modified Hooke's law to develop his own Universal Law of Gravitation and removed all references to Hooke.
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In 1639, Robert Boyle went on a tour of Europe with Francis, his older brother, and a private tutor. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence They spent 21 months in Geneva, where Boyle studied French, mathematics and the polite arts, which included dancing and fencing.
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Fourteen years later, this law was independently stated by Mariotte, and became known in France as 'Mariotte's Law. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Right through his life, Boyle continued experimenting with the air pump, among other things showing that fruits and vegetables contained air (in fact carbon dioxide) that they gave off during fermentation.
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From 1654 until 1668, Boyle, who set up what became a famous laboratory, took on Hooke as his assistant, and mixed with many important intellectuals, including Wilkins, Wallis, Wren, Sprat, and the students Sydenham and Locke. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence The following year, Boyle published his first work, a collection of moral essays called 'Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects', one of which, 'Upon the Eating of Oysters', is thought to have inspired Swift to write 'Gulliver's Travels' in 1726.
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By 1655, Hooke had met Wilkins, Willis, Petty, Wallis, Wren, Sprat and Boyle. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke a pal of john wilkins
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Known as Hooke's Law, it laid the foundation for studies of stress and strain and of elastic materials. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence The second, in 1678, proposed the Inverse Square Law of Gravitation to explain planetary motions, but Hooke wasn't able to prove the law mathematically.
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Some Considerations about the Reconcileableness of Reason and Religion, with a Discourse about the Possibility of the Resurrection book.written_work.author Robert Boyle
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His first innovation was to attach a coiled spring to the arbor of the balance wheel. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence His aim was to make a chronometer that would solve the navigational problem of determining longitude.
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Robert Boyle book.author.works_written The works of the Honourable Robert Boyle
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Hooke discovered, as did Christiaan Huyghens around the same time, that the oscillations of the spring were regular. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence His first innovation was to attach a coiled spring to the arbor of the balance wheel.
In the second edition two years later, he added what became known as 'Boyle's Law', stating that if the temperature and quantity of a gas remain constant, the volume varies inversely with the pressure. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Boyle described these experiments in 1660, in his first published scientific work, 'New Experiments Physio-Mechanical, Touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects'.
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He retired from the Royal Society in 1689. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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Together, he and Boyle built the pump that would allow Boyle to conduct a brilliant series of experiments on the physical nature of air, in which he proved, following Torricelli's work on the vacuum ten years before, that air was necessary for combustion and respiration. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Hooke, an inventor himself and later to become Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society, produced the perfect design.
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Right through his life, Boyle continued experimenting with the air pump, among other things showing that fruits and vegetables contained air (in fact carbon dioxide) that they gave off during fermentation. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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He became a founder member of the Royal Society in 1660, wrote treatises on natural theology in the manner of his friends Wilkins,  Tillotson and Barrow and continued to study Christianity, learning Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean and Syriac. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle a pal of isaac barrow
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This was the first work devoted to microscopic observations and in it, the descriptions were accompanied by many beautiful illustrations produced by Hooke himself. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence 'Micrographia' included Hooke's studies and illustrations of the crystal structure of snowflakes, discussed the possibility of making artificial fibres by a process similar to the spinning of the silkworm and examined the honeycomb structure of cork, coining the modern biological term 'cell'.
Between 1652 and 1653, Boyle spent time in Ireland sorting out the family estates. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence He occasionally went to London, where, through his sister, he met  Wilkins and  Petty and attended a few of the early informal meetings which would, fifteen years later, become the Royal Society.
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Boyle's other objective was to show that the best way to demonstrate the mechanical view was by the use of careful and methodical experimentation, and in 1662 and 1663 he was involved a long argument with the philosopher Spinoza on the question of whether experiment would provide proof. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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With it, Boyle (with Hooke's assistance) carried out the experiments which resulted in Boyle's Law, published in 1662. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence In 1658, Hooke took on the challenging task of designing an accurate portable clock.
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In 1668, because of ill health, Boyle finally left Oxford for London, where he became friendly with the diarist Evelyn and carried on experimenting. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence He was also a member of the East India Company and a governor of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
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In 1677, Hooke and the plant anatomist Grew had followed Oldenburg as secretaries of the Royal Society, but Hooke was unsuccessful in the job and resigned after five years. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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His groundbreaking studies of microscopic fossils led Hooke to move towards a theory of evolution, when he realised that fossils represented the remains of once-living organisms that could be studied to understand the history of life. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Hooke explained his own scientific ideas in 'Micrographia', among them a theory of combustion with an analogy to respiration, and his mechanical theory of light as pulses of motion transmitted through a material medium, which made him a forerunner of the wave theory of light.
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The following year, Boyle published his first work, a collection of moral essays called 'Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects', one of which, 'Upon the Eating of Oysters', is thought to have inspired Swift to write 'Gulliver's Travels' in 1726. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence From 1654 until 1668, Boyle, who set up what became a famous laboratory, took on Hooke as his assistant, and mixed with many important intellectuals, including Wilkins, Wallis, Wren, Sprat, and the students Sydenham and Locke.
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With little support at first, Boyle's views gradually gained ground and greatly influenced the development of the experimental method in the late 17th century by Newton,  one of John Locke's most faithful followers. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence To Boyle, experiment was an essential ingredient of proof.
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From 1654 until 1668, Boyle, who set up what became a famous laboratory, took on Hooke as his assistant, and mixed with many important intellectuals, including Wilkins, Wallis, Wren, Sprat, and the students Sydenham and Locke. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle a pal of john wallis
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Boyle became famous in his own lifetime and was visited by many foreigners of distinction, including the physicist Papin, with whom he worked during the late 1670s. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence He was also a member of the East India Company and a governor of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.
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Hooke continued lecturing throughout the 1670s, during which time he published a series of six works which, at the end of the decade, were collected in a single volume called 'Lectiones Cutlerianae'. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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The second, in 1678, proposed the Inverse Square Law of Gravitation to explain planetary motions, but Hooke wasn't able to prove the law mathematically. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Known as Hooke's Law, it laid the foundation for studies of stress and strain and of elastic materials.
Boyle went back to Geneva, then home to Ireland in 1644 and, although he had inherited the impoverished manor of Stalbridge in Dorset, England, chose instead to stay for a year in London with his favourite sister, the brilliant Katherine, Lady Ranelagh. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence She was a strong Parliamentarian and a friend of Milton, who introduced him to, among others, the educationalist  Hartlib, who became a lifelong friend.
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In 1657, Boyle heard about Guericke's invention of an air pump and, recognizing straight away its scientific possibilities, he set his assistants the job of designing an improved version. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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He then replacing the pendulum, first proposed as a timing device by Mersenne, with a vibrating wheel that could be moved, because it oscillated around its own centre of gravity, With these developments, Hooke created the basic principle of the watch. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Hooke discovered, as did Christiaan Huyghens around the same time, that the oscillations of the spring were regular.
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Hooke explained his own scientific ideas in 'Micrographia', among them a theory of combustion with an analogy to respiration, and his mechanical theory of light as pulses of motion transmitted through a material medium, which made him a forerunner of the wave theory of light. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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Hooke met and befriended Ray, and Aubrey. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke a pal of john aubrey
Right through his life, Boyle continued experimenting with the air pump, among other things showing that fruits and vegetables contained air (in fact carbon dioxide) that they gave off during fermentation. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence In his two publications of 1661, 'Certain Physiological Essays' and 'The Sceptical Chymist', Boyle's first aim was to disprove the old theory of the 'four elements': earth, air, fire, and water, as well as the 'three principles': salt, sulphur, and mercury, and to put a mechanical theory of matter in their place.
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From 1654 until 1668, Boyle, who set up what became a famous laboratory, took on Hooke as his assistant, and mixed with many important intellectuals, including Wilkins, Wallis, Wren, Sprat, and the students Sydenham and Locke. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence In 1657, Boyle heard about Guericke's invention of an air pump and, recognizing straight away its scientific possibilities, he set his assistants the job of designing an improved version.
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He became a founder member of the Royal Society in 1660, wrote treatises on natural theology in the manner of his friends Wilkins,  Tillotson and Barrow and continued to study Christianity, learning Hebrew, Greek, Chaldean and Syriac. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence In 1668, because of ill health, Boyle finally left Oxford for London, where he became friendly with the diarist Evelyn and carried on experimenting.
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He invented a few purely mechanical systems, among them a variety of carriages, a windmill that would turn itself to the wind, a new type of horizontal sail for windmills, a system of optical telegraphy, a springy saddle and an air gun. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence During this period, Hooke's output was phenomenal.
Newton was inspired by 'Micrographia' to develop the experiments that became the foundation of Book Two of Newton's 'Opticks',  the source of the concept of periodicity in modern optics. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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In 1657, Boyle heard about Guericke's invention of an air pump and, recognizing straight away its scientific possibilities, he set his assistants the job of designing an improved version. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence Hooke, an inventor himself and later to become Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society, produced the perfect design.
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While he was there, he renewed his acquaintance with Sir William Petty, who taught him about anatomy, physiology and the experimental technique. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence Between 1652 and 1653, Boyle spent time in Ireland sorting out the family estates.
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During the early 1660s, Hooke made important improvements to the compound microscope and in 1665, he published his great scientific work, 'Micrographia' ('Small Drawings'). base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates m.0c17z9f
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In 1658, Hooke took on the challenging task of designing an accurate portable clock. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence With it, Boyle (with Hooke's assistance) carried out the experiments which resulted in Boyle's Law, published in 1662.
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To Boyle, experiment was an essential ingredient of proof. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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Was a friend of Tompion Papin was an assistant Worked for Flamsteed. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke assistant was denis papin
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His groundbreaking studies of microscopic fossils led Hooke to move towards a theory of evolution, when he realised that fossils represented the remains of once-living organisms that could be studied to understand the history of life. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In his great work, Hooke gave birth to the study of animal anatomy with his startling illustrations of the flea, the louse, the gnat and its larvae,  and he revealed the structure of the compound eye of the fly.
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This was the first work devoted to microscopic observations and in it, the descriptions were accompanied by many beautiful illustrations produced by Hooke himself. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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In 1654, Boyle moved into lodgings in the city, bringing with him his own chemist, a Mr Staehl from Strasbourg, as a technical tutor. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence When Boyle went back to England, he was invited by Wilkins, now Warden of Wadham College, to join him in Oxford, where most of the leaders of the English scientific movement were living.
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These Cutlerian lectures contained at least two important scientific discoveries, the first being the law of elasticity, which states that the stretching of a solid body, such as metal or wood, is proportional to the force applied to it. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Hooke
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By 1655, Hooke had met Wilkins, Willis, Petty, Wallis, Wren, Sprat and Boyle. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence In the mid-1650s, Oxford was the home of a brilliant circle of scientists and intellectuals who held regular meetings.
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He occasionally went to London, where, through his sister, he met  Wilkins and  Petty and attended a few of the early informal meetings which would, fifteen years later, become the Royal Society. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert boyle founder member of royal society
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Based on his design, a marine chronometer accurate enough to measure longitude was eventually constructed by John Harrison in the 18th century. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence He then replacing the pendulum, first proposed as a timing device by Mersenne, with a vibrating wheel that could be moved, because it oscillated around its own centre of gravity, With these developments, Hooke created the basic principle of the watch.
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences In 1668, because of ill health, Boyle finally left Oxford for London, where he became friendly with the diarist Evelyn and carried on experimenting.
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They continued their meetings, which became formalized between 1660 and chartered in 1662 as the Royal Society. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.dates m.0c17z8t
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robert boyle inspired by otto von guericke base.kwebbase.kwconnection.sentence In 1657, Boyle heard about Guericke's invention of an air pump and, recognizing straight away its scientific possibilities, he set his assistants the job of designing an improved version.
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His work related to that of Gassendi. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence He knew Oldenburg, Sloane and Winthrop.
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In 1680, he was asked to become President of the Royal Society, but refused the job because. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.kwtopic Robert Boyle
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This group soon recognized Hooke's talents in mechanics and geometry and, after having assisted Willis for a short time, he was recommended to Boyle, who needed help in building an air pump. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence By 1655, Hooke had met Wilkins, Willis, Petty, Wallis, Wren, Sprat and Boyle.
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They continued their meetings, which became formalized between 1660 and chartered in 1662 as the Royal Society. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.contains_connections robert hooke curator of royal society
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Boyle went back to Geneva, then home to Ireland in 1644 and, although he had inherited the impoverished manor of Stalbridge in Dorset, England, chose instead to stay for a year in London with his favourite sister, the brilliant Katherine, Lady Ranelagh. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.previous_sentence From Switzerland, he moved to Florence in 1641, where, over a year, he mastered Italian and was introduced to the new science, reading 'Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems' by Galileo, who died during his stay there in early 1642.
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Robert Boyle base.kwebbase.kwtopic.has_sentences She was a strong Parliamentarian and a friend of Milton, who introduced him to, among others, the educationalist  Hartlib, who became a lifelong friend.
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He claimed priority over the inverse square law and this led to a serious dispute with Newton, who modified Hooke's law to develop his own Universal Law of Gravitation and removed all references to Hooke. base.kwebbase.kwsentence.next_sentence During the late 1680's and 1690's, apart from playing an important role in the dispute   between Leibniz and Newton over priority regarding calculus,  he became more and more of a recluse, producing only a few more scientific papers.
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