Its namesake discoverer called it Mr. Towneley's hypothesis, and the experimental apparatus used to prove it was built by his assistant, Robert Hooke.
Its namesake discoverer called it Mr. Towneley's hypothesis, and the experimental apparatus used to prove it was built by his assistant, Robert Hooke. It was Richard Towneley and his physician friend Robert Power who used the recently-invented barometer to measure air pressure at different altitudes, and recognised a relation between the density of air and its pressure. FTP, name the law stating that for a fixed amount of an ideal gas kept at a fixed temperature, pressure and volume are inversely proportional.
Its namesake discoverer called it Mr. Towneley's hypothesis, and the experimental apparatus used to prove it was built by his assistant, Robert Hooke.
Boyle’s Law