https://earlymoderneurope.hist.sites.carleton.edu/files/original/04b9bdb846050dd63f0e1a45bc450562.jpg 215cb9c351914d36e6c27d589127816c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Portrait of The Honourable Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Frederic Kerseboom Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Zach Irvin Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1689 Description An account of the resource Released in 1689, this engraving of Robert Boyle (1627-1691) presents a portrait of one of the great natural philosophers of the Scientific Revolution. Widely considered to be the first modern chemist, Boyle contributed to the understanding of air pressure and vacuums as he and Robert Hooke developed the famous air pump during their time in Oxford. Boyle is to be understood as one member of a growing academy of natural philosophers of 16th and 17th century Europe. Their work, now understood to be the arrival of modern science, produced a body of knowledge that radically transformed the understanding of the natural world and one’s place within it. With it came new technological inventions that were direct applications of this new knowledge. Though rudimentary, these inventions would become the building blocks for the development of industry in Europe, putting nations on a trajectory for an increasingly integrated economic landscape that is characterized by trade and manufacturing. In fact, it was Boyle's contributions to fluid dynamics that paved the way for James Watts and the invention of steam engine a century later (Thurston, 446). Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Frederic Kerseboom. Portrait of The Honourable Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691). Engraving, Wellcome Collection. <a href="https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200579/zbnmngaj.html?q=Portrait+of+The+Honourable+Robert+Boyle">https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200579/zbnmngaj.html?q=Portrait+of+The+Honourable+Robert+Boyle</a> <br /><br />Thurston, Robert H. History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine. Project Gutenberg, 2011. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Free Use CC BY