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: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/boyle/

#DIB bio: https://www.dib.ie/biography/boyle-robert-a0858

Omg: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Shannon_Portrait_of_the_Hon_Robert_Boyle.jpg

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