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  1. 31 Dec: #RobertBoyle died in the early hours of 31st December 1691 (often given as 30th Dec).

    Chemist (encouraged by his sister #LadyRanelagh), famous for Boyle's Law (volume of a gas decreases with increasing pressure & vice versa).

    A key figure in the development of the #NewPhilosophy (#science), making experiment central and espousing a mechanistic theory of matter.

    #SEP: plato.stanford.edu/entries/boy

    #DIB bio: dib.ie/biography/boyle-robert-

    Omg: commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/F

    #IrishPhilosophyOTD