1669 ⟶ Steno Proposes Fossils are Organic Remains, Lays Groundwork for Stratigraphy

Nicholas Steno: proposes that fossils are organic remains em...
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🍎 Galileo Galilei Publishes Laws of Falling Bodies

Galileo Galilei: laws of falling bodies.⟶
Galileo Galilei Publishes Laws of Falling Bodies (1638)
Scientific RevolutionPhysicsGalileo GalileiMechanicsExperimentationScientific Method
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🌡️ Barometer Invention

Barometer: invented by Evangelista Torricelli, or possibly up to three years earlier by Gasparo Berti.⟶
Barometer Invention (1643)
PhysicsMeasurementScientific RevolutionInstrumentation
ItalyItaly

🧫 Redi's Experiment Disproves Spontaneous Generation

Francesco Redi challenges the theory of spontaneous generation by demonstrating that maggots come from eggs of flies.⟶
Redi's Experiment Disproves Spontaneous Generation (1650)
Scientific RevolutionBiologyExperimentationScientific MethodMicrobiology
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🧪 Francesco Redi Demonstrates Spontaneous Generation is False

Francesco Redi: disproved idea of spontaneous generation.⟶
Francesco Redi Demonstrates Spontaneous Generation is False (1668)
Scientific RevolutionBiologyExperimentationGerm TheoryScientific Method
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🪨 Steno Proposes Fossils are Organic Remains, Lays Groundwork for Stratigraphy

Nicholas Steno: proposes that fossils are organic remains embedded in layers of sediment, basis of stratigraphy.⟶
Steno Proposes Fossils are Organic Remains, Lays Groundwork for Stratigraphy (1669)
GeologyPaleontologyScientific RevolutionNatural History
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