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Robert Boyle studied the behavior of gases and discovered that they have an inverse relationship between volume and pressure. In other words as the volume increases, the pressure will decrease. If the volume decreases, the pressure will increase.
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Joseph Priestly disproved the notion that air was an indivisible element, but actually a combination of gases.
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Jacques Charles continued Boyle's work with gases. He found that there is a direct relationship between temperature and pressure. For example: if the temperature in a balloon increases so will the pressure
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