law of Boyle and Mariotte

law of Boyle and Mar·​i·​otte

-ˌmarēˈät

: boyle's law

Word History

Etymology

after Robert Boyle †1691 British physicist and Edme Mariotte †1684 French physicist who independently discovered it

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