Boyle

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BoyleRobert16271691MIrishSCIENCE: scientist 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)

Boyle

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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“It gets so dusty in here,” he explains, gesturing around the space that’s situated in a mural-lined industrial pocket of Boyle Heights.

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Police are searching for a gunman who wounded three people in a shooting in Boyle Heights on Monday afternoon, authorities said.

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Like the character Ana, who leaves Boyle Heights to follow her dreams in the Big Apple, López moved to New York City at 18 years old.

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Where Father Gregory Boyle created Homeboy Industries to bring dignity and meaning to the lives of former gang members.

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There were over 20 minutes, plus stoppage time, to play after Martin Boyle sprinted through the wide open Ibrox spaces to put the visitors two goals up.

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