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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Robert Boyle, for one, voiced the question of "Whether the colour of the hair or feathers of the recipient animal... will be changed into that of the emittent?"

罗伯特·波义尔就是其中之一，他提出一个问题“受体动物的毛发或羽毛……是否会变成供血动物的颜色呢？”

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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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