Boyle
/bɔɪl/- Boyle, Robert (1627-91), Irish-born scientist. Boyle advanced a corpuscular view of matter which was a precursor of the modern theory of chemical elements and a cornerstone of his mechanical philosophy which became very influential. He is best known for his experiments with the air pump, which led to the law named after him.玻意耳, 罗伯特（1627-1691, 生于爱尔兰的科学家, 提出了关于物质的微粒观念, 是现代化学元素理论的先驱, 因其所作的关于空气泵的实验而出名, 在该实验的基础上得出了玻意耳定律）。