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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Scientific Revelution
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Nov 22, 1510
The Pocket watch
In 1510, the pocketwatch was invented by Peter Henlein. This protable time keeping device was meant to keep in your pocket. It lets you know what the hour, minute, and second is of the day. The pocket watch became useful for people who have trouble keeping up with the time. -
Nov 19, 1564
The Pencil
The "lead" pencil was invented in 1564. It was discovered by miners somewhere in England. It was made with graphite and wood. Also, the graphite it was confused as lead because it looked and acted like lead. The invention of the lead penicl lead to being able to mark down and record things on paper. Now scientists had a better way of keeping track of their studies. -
The Microscope
The first actual microscope was invented in 1595 by Zacharias Janssen. It was used to observe things to small for the normal eye to see. In wasn't a normal microscope, it was a compund one. It had more than one lense. The first microscope with one lens was made in Middleburg (The Netherlands). It is not sure when and who it was made by. Approximately, it was made between 1590 and 1610 by eyeglass makers in the Netherlands. The microscpoe helped scientists study germs, bacteria, etc. -
The Telescope
The first telescope was invented in 1608 by a man named Hans Lippershry. The telescope was meant for looking at things far away. It was called a refracting telescope, which used one lense to magnify and one lense to see out of. Later in 1663, the reflecting telescope was invented by James Gregory. It used one mirror to reflect the image from the other lense. This helped astronomers with their study of the planets. -
The Copernican System
The Copernican System was invented by none other that Nicolaus Copernicus. Before it was invented, people thought that the earth was the center of the universe. He also wanted to prove that one full earth rotation took one day and that one full rotaion around the sun was equall to one year. Observation by Galileo using his own telescope hepled prove that Copernicus' theory was right. Soon after this was proved right, the scientific world was astounded. This revolutionized the world of astronomy. -
Galileo's Telescope
While the telescope was invented before, Galileo revolutionized the use of it in 1609. Normal telescopes magnified object up to 3 times. Galileo's magnified up to 20 times. This enabled him to look at objects farther away. With this, he gained the idea to look up at the solar system. From all the new information he gathered, he was able to backup the Copernican system. It also enabled him to see the planets with greater ease. -
The Barometer
The original water barometer was invented between 1640-1643 by an Italian mathmetician/astronomer named Gasparo Berti. It was meant for measuring air pressure. But in 1643 by an Italian physicist named Evangelista Toricelli made a mercury based barometer instead of water. Because of the invention of the barometer, it helped scientist track and study weather. -
Newtons Law
Isaac Newton was one brilliant man. He created three laws to help people understand motion. His first law was an object will stay at rest unless acted upon by an external force. His second law was that force is equall to the change in momentum per change in time. His third law was that for every action, there was an equall and opposite re-action. These three laws are the bases of science today.
