Robert Boyle

What Robert Boyle ( 1627-1691 ) gave in his Sceptical Chymist ( 1661 ) is not , as is commonly said , a modern definition of a chemical element , but a traditional definition of a chemical element .

波义耳在《怀疑派化学家》（1661年）一书中并没有象人们通常所说的那样给化学元素下了科学的定义，而是给出了当时人们所理解的传统元素定义。

C Robert Boyle suggested that some fire particles must have been trapped in the calx , thus making it heavier .

c罗伯特·波义耳提议：在烧渣中必须限制某些火焰，这样就使得其更轻。

A Reappraisal of the Statement Boyle Established Chemistry as Science : Robert Boyle and the Seventeenth Century Chemistry

对波义耳把化学确立为科学的再认识&兼论波义耳与17世纪的化学

But suddenly Britain was full of physicists – there was Robert Hooke , Robert Boyle – and even some people not called Robert , like Isaac Newton .

不过突然之间，英国就涌现出了很多物理学家，有罗伯特•虎克，罗伯特•波伊尔，当然还有一些不叫罗伯特的人，譬如艾萨克·牛顿。