1662Robert Boyle Formulates Boyle's Law

Robert Boyle: Boyle's law of ideal gases.
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🧪 Founding of the Royal Society

The Royal Society is founded.
Founding of the Royal Society (1660)
Scientific RevolutionRoyal SocietyEnlightenmentExperimentationNatural PhilosophyIsaac NewtonRobert Boyle
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⚗️ Robert Boyle Formulates Boyle's Law

Robert Boyle: Boyle's law of ideal gases.
Robert Boyle Formulates Boyle's Law (1662)
Scientific RevolutionPhysicsChemistryRobert BoyleExperimentationScientific MethodMathematics
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🔬 Robert Hooke Observes Cells

Robert Hooke discovers cells using a microscope.
Robert Hooke Observes Cells (1663)
MicroscopyBiologyCell TheoryScientific RevolutionObservation
United KingdomUnited Kingdom

🔬 Robert Hooke Observes and Names the Cell

Robert Hooke: discovers the cell.
Robert Hooke Observes and Names the Cell (1665)
BiologyMicroscopyCell TheoryScientific RevolutionExperimentationObservation
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🔬 Newton's Discovery of the Spectrum of Light

Sir Isaac Newton: discovers that white light is a mixture of distinct coloured rays (the spectrum).
Newton's Discovery of the Spectrum of Light (1672)
PhysicsOpticsScientific RevolutionExperimentationLight
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