Now a couple of less well known things about #RobertBoyle. He was intensely religious and among his religious writings was a tale, "Love and Religion Demonstrated in the Martyrdom of Theodora, and of Didymus".

Handel made it into an opera, "Theodora". Listen here: https://youtu.be/pe2AIay_Yy8

Link to the digitised book: https://books.google.ie/books?id=WJU0AAAAMAAJ

And for something lighter, here's #JonathanSwift 's #broomtastic satire of Boyle's "Occasional Reflections" https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-meditation-upon-a-broomstick-1711