Scientific Revolution Inventions

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  1. 2. of Falling Bodies / Galileo's experiment that disproved that heavier bodies fell faster than lighter ones.
  2. 3. of Comets / Edmund Halleys predicted the movement of a comet using Newtons three laws of motion.
  3. 5. / Isaac Newton's help to create a branch of math that explains how movement works.
  4. 6. Geometry / Rene Descartes invented a way to express geometric shapes and a coordinate. Isaac newton developed calculus based on it.
  5. 7. / The sun was the center of the universe was Nicolaus Copernicus idea.
  6. 10. Lens / It was used to magnify images.
  7. 12. of Gravity / The story of apple falling on Newton's head that inspired this law.
  8. 14. Laws of Motion / Rules of how the universe moves, published by Isaac Newton.
  9. 15. / Imperfections observed by Galileo Galilei proved the view that the heavens were imperfect.
  10. 16. Microscope / Galileo made this ore efficient.
  11. 18. Spectrum / Isaac Newton split white light into colored light.
  12. 20. / Galileo invented a version of this that allowed him to view the stars and Jupiter's moons.
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  1. 1. / Galileo mentored physicist Evangelista Torricelli, who designed a device to measure air pressure.
  2. 4. and comets / When Tycho Brahe observed the changing stars in the sky.
  3. 8. Moons /
  4. 9. / It was studied by Aristotle and the ancient Chinese. It helped navigators find their way.
  5. 11. Orbits / Kepler discovered that planets moved in this kind of orbit, not in perfect circles as the Ancient Greeks believed.
  6. 13. of Light / Galileo proved light traveled faster than sound.
  7. 17. / It was studied by Aristotle and the ancient Chinese. It helped navigators find their way.
  8. 19. Tides / Galileo theorized this was caused by the sun.