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Boyle's law states that the pressure of a given quantity of gas is inversely proportional to its volume at a constant temperature.

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Proposed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1662 1
Proposed BySourced to the subject's own account
Robert Boyle 1
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1. Boyle's Law (Wikipedia)
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Boyle's law states that the pressure of a given quantity of gas is inversely proportional to its volume at a constant temperature.
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1. Boyle's Law (Wikipedia)
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The law is based on experiments published by Robert Boyle in 1662.
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1. Boyle's Law (Wikipedia)
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The law is based on experiments published by Robert Boyle in 1662.
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1. Boyle's Law (Wikipedia)
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Robert Boyle confirmed their discovery through experiments and published the results.
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