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Scientific Revolution

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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ZACHARIAS JANSSEN

Invented the First Microscope in 1590.
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
In the 1670's, he used a microscope to observe bacteria swimming in tooth scrapings and also examined red blood cells for the first time.

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EVANGELISTA TORRICELLI

Developed the first mercury barometer in 1643.
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GABRIEL FAHRENHEIT

Made the first thermometer to use mercury in glass in 1714.
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ANDERS CELSIUS

Created another scale for the mercury thermometer in 1742.
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FLEMISH PHYSICIAN NAMED ANDREAS VESALIUS

Wrote the book "On the Structure of the Human Body" in 1543.
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BRITISH PHYSICIAN EDWARD JENNER

Introduced a vaccine to prevent smallpox in the late 1700's.
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Robert Boyle
Pioneered the use of the scientific method in chemistry. He is considered the founder of modern chemistry. And he wrote the book "The Sceptical Chymist" in 1661.

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