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Boyle’s law was formulated by the Anglo-Irish natural philosopher Robert Boyle in 1662. He discovered the relationship by measuring the volume occupied by a constant quantity of air when compressed by differing weights of mercury.123
It is important to note that while the law is named for Boyle, the French physicist Edme Mariotte independently discovered the same relationship in 1676. Additionally, other natural philosophers of the time, such as Henry Power and Richard Towneley, concurrently reported similar findings regarding the behavior of air.13