b. Jan. 25, 1627, Lismore, County Waterford, Ire.
d. Dec. 30, 1691, London, Eng.
To the second edition of this work, in 1662, he appended his report of 1661 to the Royal Society on the relationship, now known as Boyle's law, that at a constant temperature the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to the pressure.