Francis Bacon, Robert Boyle, and Isaac Newton in England; and other early physical scientists.

培根，罗伯·特贝尔，以及牛顿在英格兰和其它早期的物理科学家。

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C Robert Boyle suggested that some fire particles must have been trapped in the calx, thus making it heavier.

c罗伯特·波义耳提议：在烧渣中必须限制某些火焰，这样就使得其更轻。

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But suddenly Britain was full of physicists -there was Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle -and even some people not called Robert, like Isaac Newton.

不过突然之间，英国就涌现出了很多物理学家，有罗伯特•虎克，罗伯特·波伊尔，当然还有一些不叫罗伯特的人，譬如艾萨克·牛顿。

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And thus it might have remained, but for Robert Boyle, a rich well-connected Englishman, who was interested in alchemy but embarrassed by his interest.

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