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Period: Sep 30, 1543 to
THE SCIENTIFC REVOLUTION
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Niccolo Cabeo discovers
Niccolo Cabeo discovers that electricity can be repulsive as well as attractive. -
potential satisfies
Pierre Simon Laplace shows that Lagrange's potential satisfies. -
double refraction
Laplace gives an explanation of double refraction using the particle theory, which Young attacks as improbable. -
Faraday's dark space
Faraday discovers Faraday's dark space, a dark region in a glow discharge near the negative electrode. -
flying cars
instead of driving cars, we will be flying them.