Boyle in particular is regarded as the founding father of chemistry due to his most important work, the classic chemistry text The Sceptical Chymist where the differentiation is made between the claims of alchemy and the empirical scientific discoveries of the new chemistry.
Boyle khususnya dianggap sebagai bapak pendiri kimia karena karyanya yang paling penting, teks kimia klasik The Skeptical Chymist yang membuat perbedaan antara klaim alkimia dan penemuan ilmiah empiris dari kimia baru.