Question

5. Describe Robert Boyle's sound
experiment.​

Answer 1

Robert Boyle, a British scientist, designed an experiment to find out if sound moves through a vacuum. Boyle put a ticking clock in a sealed jar. He pumped some air out of the jar and still heard the clock ticking. ... The sound of the loudly ringing bell becomes quieter as air is pumped out through the vacuum plate.

Answer 2

Robert Boyle, a British scientist, designed an experiment to find out if sound moves through a vacuum. Boyle put a ticking clock in a sealed jar. He pumped some air out of the jar and still heard the clock ticking. ... The sound of the loudly ringing bell becomes quieter as air is pumped out through the vacuum plate.