History of science 1600-1699

Pilgrim fathers sail to America 1620
Louis XIV becomes king of France 1643
Plague kills 70,000 in England 1665
Harvey discovers method of circulation of blood
Malpighi uses microscope to discover the structure of animals and plants
Boyle introduces modern idea of elements
Newton Makes discoveries about light and colourand the laws of gravity and motion
Bacon advocates Experiments for proof of scientific laws
Kepler discovers planets have elliptical orbits –laws of planetary motion
Halley makes observations of comets. They later prove to be bodies with regular orbits (1705)
Calculus invented separately by Newton and liebnitz
Napier develops logarithms
Pascal with fermat develop the mathematics of probability

Telescope c. 1608-09
Submarine c. 1620
Calculating machine c.1643
Steam pump 1698