1659 ⟶ Huygens Observes Martian Surface Details

Christiaan Huygens first to observe surface details of Mars.
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🪐 Huygens Determines the Shape of Saturn's Rings

Christiaan Huygens describes the true shape of the rings of Saturn.⟶
Huygens Determines the Shape of Saturn's Rings (1656)
AstronomyScientific RevolutionPhysicsCosmologyTelescopeChristiaan HuygensObservation
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🔭 Huygens Observes Martian Surface Details

Christiaan Huygens first to observe surface details of Mars.⟶
Huygens Observes Martian Surface Details (1659)
AstronomyMarsScientific ObservationTelescopeScientific RevolutionPlanetary ScienceChristiaan Huygens
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🔬 Leeuwenhoek Observes Microbes

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek is the first to observe microbes with a homemade microscope, using samples he collected from his teeth scrapings, raindrops, and his own feces. He calls them "animalcules."⟶
Leeuwenhoek Observes Microbes (1673)
MicrobiologyScientific RevolutionGerm TheoryBiology
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🕰️ Huygens Publishes Study on Oscillating Systems and Pendulum Clock Design

Christiaan Huygens: first study of oscillating system and design of pendulum clocks⟶
Huygens Publishes Study on Oscillating Systems and Pendulum Clock Design (1673)
PhysicsMechanicsTimekeepingScientific RevolutionChristiaan Huygens
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🔬 Van Leeuwenhoek Observes Microorganisms

Anton van Leeuwenhoek: observes microorganisms using a refined simple microscope.⟶
Van Leeuwenhoek Observes Microorganisms (1675)
MicrobiologyScientific RevolutionBiologyCell Theory
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🔬 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Observes Bacteria

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek discovers Bacteria.⟶
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Observes Bacteria (1676)
MicrobiologyScientific RevolutionObservationBiologyDiscovery
NetherlandsNetherlands