Across
- 2. Developed precise thermometers filled with mercury to measure temperature
- 3. Made the most accurate and extensive observations of the planets and stars at the time
- 6. Scientists relied too much on ancient theories; they should experiment! Inductive reasoning; detailed facts leading to general ideas
- 7. Knowledge should be gained by using mathematics and logic, rather than experimentation
- 8. English philosopher and mathematician
- 9. and Marie Demonstrated that during combustion the burning substance combines with a component of air, the gas he named oxygen
- 10. Italian astronomer and physicist
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- 1. Published his complete theory in De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres) in 1543, just before he died
- 4. German astronomer and mathematician; assistant to Brahe
- 5. American public official, scientist, inventor, and writer