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he establish and direct a very important industrial establish- 

 ment, but as an inventor he has left, without undue 

 exaggeration of terms, his mark on modern industrial 

 history. He died the victim of overworking his brain. 

 Recommended on many occasions by his family and friends 

 to take some rest, as it was but too evident that the excess 

 of mental labour which he imposed upon himself was telling 

 upon his constitution, he always replied that whilst he 

 laboured for the benefit of humanity he gladly devoted his 

 life to that good cause. It is satisfactory to notice that 

 the mantle of the father has fallen upon a worthy son. 

 Mr. Robert Boyle, jun., who had no small share in the 

 perfecting of the Air-Pump Ventilator, directs the firm, 

 of which his father was the founder, with an ability worthy 

 of the honoured name which he bears. It is not generally 

 known that for some years before his death Mr. Boyle, 

 sen., took but little active share in the affairs of Messrs. 

 R. Boyle <fe Son, and that it was really Mr. Boyle, jun., 

 who gave the business its present industrial status, extended 

 its ramifications, and established its affluence." 



