那猶是相信萬物皆由風、火、水、土四元素構成的時代,也是只有煉金術沒有真正化學的時代。在瀰漫著玄學與神學的濃霧之中,來自愛爾蘭的波以耳跟隨著伽利略與海爾蒙特 (Jan Baptista van Helmont) 點起的兩盞燈火,經由有系統的量化實驗,駁斥了四元素說,開創化學這門學科,因而被後世稱為「化學之父」。
波以耳於 1657 年讀到馬德堡市長格里克 (Otto von Guericke) 做的「馬德堡半球實驗」後,也興起研究真空現象的念頭。他幸運地找到小他八歲的虎克擔任助手,為他製造出真空效果極佳的實驗器材。他證明了沒有空氣,蠟燭就無法燃燒、聲音無法傳播,但磁力則不受影響;並且指出空氣的彈性(指的就是壓力)會隨著體積大小不同而改變。最後這一點受到法國科學家的質疑,因為他們無法複製出同樣的結果(其實是他們把活塞做太緊,才無法彈回來)。波以耳不得不以更嚴謹的實驗,得出氣體壓力與體積的量化關係,證明「在一定溫度下,氣體壓力與體積成反比」。這條 1662 年發表的波以耳定律成為人類有史以來的第一條定律。
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可是海上的風就是比陸地上強上好幾倍,這麼香的風力來源怎麼能放著不用呢?來自挪威的公司 World Wide Wind 提出了一種浮標式風電機組,省去了海底工程的麻煩。這種風電機組採用垂直軸的設計,這樣機組就不會被海風吹著跑。整個裝置可以靠著海面下的配重平衡地直立在海面上,除了電纜之外不須要任何固定措施。這大大地擴展了離岸風電的發展空間。許多最佳的風場位在離岸較遠的深海區域,我們沒辦法在這些海床上豎立巨大的水平軸風車,這時候就可以透過漂浮式構造來擴張風電的勢力範圍。