The Scientific Revolution-Chapter 22 Section 1
Zacharias Janssen (Dutch): invented the first microscope and eyeglasses
Anton van Leeuwenhoek: used the microscope to observe bacteria and red blood cells
Evangelista Torricelli: first mercury barometer, which was used to measure atmospheric pressure and predicting weather
Gabriel Fahrenheit: made the first thermometer and it said that water froze at 32o
Anders Celsius: created another type of thermometer that showed water froze at 0o
European doctors in medicine used writing of Galen an ancient physician, but it didn’t say anything about dissected bodies of human beings. It stated that it was the same as the pigs, but then Andreas Vesalius proved him wrong, he dissected human corpses
Edward Jenner introduced a vaccine to prevent smallpox, he discovered that the inoculation with germs from cattle called cowpox could protect from smallpox. Cowpox was a more serious and deadly disease than smallpox therefore they were more protected
Robert Boyle is considered the founder of modern chemistry; He challenged Aristotle’s idea that the physical world consisted of four elements: earth, water, wind, and fire. He proposed that matter was made up of smaller particles that joined together in different ways. His biggest contribution was Boyle’s law that explains that volume, temperature and pressure of gas affect each other
All this advances in science made people rethink things about politicians and the relationship between the government and its people, this changed the political landscape for many societies
Monica Cantu 8D #1
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