Auctioneers Bonhams said a rare first edition of Robert Boyle’s The Sceptical Chymist - published in London in 1661 - had sold for £362,500 (€492,192). The price achieved was over five times ...

ALTHOUGH Robert Boyle (1627-1691) is well known for his law of compression of gases and for his clear definition of a chemical element (given in his “Sceptical Chymist”, 1661), his many other ...

Robert Boyle was a 17th century natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor, also noted for his writings in theology. He is best known for Boyle's law. Among his works, The Sceptical Chymist ...