Robert Boyle employed a J-shaped piece of glass tubing that was sealed on one end. A gas (air) was trapped in the sealed end of the tube and varying amounts of mercury were added to the J-shaped tube to vary the pressure of the system. Boyle systematically varied the pressure and measured the volume of the gas. These measurements were performed using a fixed amount of gas and a constant temperature. In this way Boyle was able to examine the pressure-volume relationship without complications from
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Born in Cork‚ Ireland‚ in the year 1627‚ Robert Boyle was born into a very rich family. His father‚ Richard Boyle‚ was the Earl of Cork. Part of Boyle’s success was because he lived with one of the richest men of Ireland. Richard Boyle‚ however‚ gained his money through stealing. His mother died before he was 12. Though he did well at his school initially‚ when a new headmaster arrived‚ Boyle did poorly. His father removed him from his school‚ and hired a tutor to teach him
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Greg Mortenson Greg Mortenson can be described as a man of great honor‚ respect‚ but also deceitful. Although Greg Mortenson holds true to his valiant efforts in Pakistan and Afghanistan‚ he also proves guilty to the lies represented in Three Cups of Tea. In the beginning of Three Cups of Tea‚ Greg Mortenson descends from K-2‚ the second-highest mountain in the world in honor of his late sister. After failing the climb‚ he travels back down and loses the trail path. Mortenson describes lost exploration
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Objective: To determine the relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas at constant temperature. Introduction: The relationship of pressure to volume for a gas in a rigid container was first described in 1662 by the Irishborn scientist Sir Robert Boyle (16271691)‚ and is known as Boyle’s Law. As long as the temperature of the gas remains constant‚ the pressure of a gas has a predictable relationship with the volume of the gas. The pressure of a gas is a measure of the force
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Donna Slender Prof. Jon Frederick Writing I April 2‚ 2013 Greasy Lake by T.C. Boyle The short story Greasy Lake is written by T. C. Boyle the son of Irish immigrants. Boyle recalls growing up ‘as a sort of pampered punk’. We see this pampered punk attitude in the story’s main characters. I was completely captivated with the way events unfolded in Greasy Lake as they struck like bolts of lightning one after the other. Three teens’ summer vacation told in vivid detail by the narrator and buddy
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Robert Boyle (16271691) was born at Lismore Castle‚ Munster‚ Ireland‚ the fourteenth child of the Earl of Cork. As a young man of means‚ he was tutored at home and on the Continent. He spent the later years of the English Civil Wars at Oxford‚ reading and experimenting with his assistants and colleagues. This groupwas committed to the New Philosophy‚ which valued observation and experiment at least as much as logical thinking in formulating accurate scientific understanding. At the time of the restoration
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experiences Greg Mortenson learned some life changing lessons. On of the most notable of these is when Greg learns from Haji Ali that Americans think that everything has to happen very quickly and that America thought by using a shock and awe tactic towards the war that they could end it before it event began. Also Haji Ali teaches Greg to share 3 cups of tea to slow down and make relations ships and as important as building things. This quote is very striking in that Haji Ali helps Greg see a major
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In both ‘Slumdog millionaire’ and ‘Millions’‚ the director Danny Boyle explores the subject of brotherhood. Furthermore‚ in both films‚ Boyle makes the same suggestion that the strength of brotherhood bonds is tested when circumstances change to increase pressure in the relationship. In both films‚ this theme is explored through the development of the characters in the opening scenes‚ the rising action and the climax. In the film ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ we are taken to the city of modern Mumbai and
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questioning its methods‚ has its consequences and the characters of the short stories written by T.C. Boyle seem to know this all too well. Nature is a greater power who demands great respect. It is not a choice in matter‚ but rather a forced way of life that we have no means to alter‚ which Boyle convincingly conveys through his stories. In the story “The Swift Passage of Animals”‚ T.C. Boyle takes us on a “big adventure” (91) in which a new relationship is intended to flourish by a romantic weekend
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In this story Diary of a wimpy kid is about a boy name Greg Hefley and his friend Rowley. Greg’s mom bought him a diary which was supposed to be a journal. So he tells about being in class and his life. In the middle of summer his brother Roderick woke him up telling him he missed all of summer and he was dressed as if he was going to school so Greg woke up got dressed and was making breakfast and then his dad yelled at him because it was 3:00am. Then it was finally time for school to actually start
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