1600 ⟶ William Gilbert Publishes 'De Magnete' on Earth's Magnetism

William Gilbert: Earth's magnetic field.

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🧲 William Gilbert Publishes 'De Magnete' on Earth's Magnetism

William Gilbert: Earth's magnetic field.⟶

William Gilbert Publishes 'De Magnete' on Earth's Magnetism (1600)

AstronomyPhysicsMagnetismScientific RevolutionRenaissanceExperimentationEarth Science

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➗ John Napier Publishes Logarithms

John Napier introduces the logarithm to simplify calculations.⟶

John Napier Publishes Logarithms (1614)

MathematicsScientific RevolutionNavigationAstronomy

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❤️ William Harvey Publishes 'De Motu Cordis' on Blood Circulation

William Harvey publishes and elucidates his earlier discovery of the circulatory system.⟶

William Harvey Publishes 'De Motu Cordis' on Blood Circulation (1628)

Scientific RevolutionBiologyMedicine

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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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💡 William Crookes Develops Crookes Tube and Studies Cathode Rays

William Crookes invented the Crookes tube and studied cathode rays.⟶

William Crookes Develops Crookes Tube and Studies Cathode Rays (1875)

PhysicsExperimentation

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