1. Scientific Revolution
Other Scientists

2. Zacharias Janssen
Netherlands
Spectacle maker
Invented first microscope

3. Anton van Leeuwenhoek Netherlands Observed bacteria (1674) and
Red blood cells (1675)
Van Leeuwenhoek’s microscope

4. Evangelista Torricelli
Italy
1st Mercury barometer (1643) Measures air pressure, helped predict the weather

5. Gabriel Fahrenheit Poland 1st Mercury Thermometer (1714)
Temperature scale: 32° = Freezing
212° = Boiling

6. Anders Celsius
Sweden
Astronomer, created temperature scale where 0° = freezing, 100° = boiling
(1742)

7. Andreas Vesalius Flanders
Physician, published findings on human anatomy (1543)
Studied Cadavers

8. Edward Jenner
Britain
Introduced vaccine to prevent smallpox (1796)

9. Robert Boyle Britain “Father of Modern Chemistry”
Challenged Aristotle, explained relationship between volume, temperature pressure (1661)