Boyle

American  

[boil] / bɔɪl /

noun

1. Kay, 1903–1993, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and poet.

2. Robert, 1627–91, English chemist and physicist.

3. T. Coraghessan born 1948, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

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Boyle British  

/ bɔɪl /

noun

1. Robert . 1627–91, Irish scientist who helped to dissociate chemistry from alchemy. He established that air has weight and studied the behaviour of gases; author of The Sceptical Chymist (1661)

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Boyle Scientific  

/ boil /

1. English physicist and chemist who is regarded as a founder of modern chemistry. Boyle rejected the traditional theory that all matter was composed of four elements and defined an element as a substance that cannot be reduced to other, simpler substances or produced by combining simpler substances. Boyle also conducted important physics experiments with Robert Hooke that led to the development of Boyle's law.

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Boyle

Boyle Heights and Arts District residents are joining forces to push for enforcement of an anti-camping zone at the park beneath the 6th Street Bridge, which is expected to open next year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

He said residents fought hard to get the park built on the Boyle Heights side.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

“Do the residents of Boyle Heights have your number?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Both women, and another of Mr Boyle's sisters, Leanne Boyle, described the impact his death has had on the "very close" family, describing him as "popular" and "kind".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Boyle never discussed garlic and magnets, but he did address the old belief that it was impossible to crush a diamond unless it had first been softened in goat’s blood.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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