Question

The relationship between pressure and volume was first noted by ............. while ............. confirmed their discovery and ............ published the result.

• A. Richard Towneley and Henry Power, Robert Boyle
• B. Richard Towneley and Henry Power, Robert Hooke
• C. Robert Boyle and Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is A Richard Towneley and Henry Power, Robert Boyle

• Boyle's law (sometimes referred to as the Boyle–Mariotte law or Mariotte's law is an experimental gas law that describes how the pressure of a gas tends to increase as the volume of the container decreases. A modern statement of Boyle's law is - The absolute pressure exerted by a given mass of an ideal gas is inversely proportional to the volume it occupies if the temperature and amount of gas remain unchanged within a closed system.
• This relationship between pressure and volume was first noted by Richard Towneley and Henry Power in the seventeenth century. Robert Boyle confirmed their discovery through experiments and published the results. So, the correct answer is A.