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Aug 29, 1514
Copernicus proposes a Heliocentric solar system
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Gilbert discovers magnetic core of the Earth
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Galileo Galilei publishes SIDERIUS NUNCIUS (Starry Messenger)
In Siderius Nuncius, Galileo describes the phases of venus, which indicated that venus was orbiting the Sun, not Earth. -
Newton propses law of gravity
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Discovery of the first cell by Robert Hooke
Point added by Justin Rujawitz -
spontaneous generation disproven
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bacteria observed by van Leeuwenhoek
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Romer measures the speed of light
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Franklin discovers that electricity is fluid
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Uranus observed
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Electric flow discovered by Volta
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properties of cement discovered by Aspdin
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Doppler effect discovered by Christian Doppler
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Discovery of anaesthesia by William Morton
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link between Cholera and water source discovered by John Snow
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Dominant and recessive traits proposed by Gregor Mendel
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properties of dynamite discovered by Nobel
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Period Table Developed by Dmitri Mendeleev
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Carbon filament for incandescent lightbulb discovered by Edison
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Discovery of xrays by Wilhelm Roentgen
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Becquerel discovers that uranium is radioactive
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Aspirin purified by Felix Hoffman
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Einstein publishes the Theory of Relativity
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Atomic structure understood by Bohr
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Penecillin effect discovered
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discovery of atomic chain reactions by Oppenheimer
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Watson and Crick propose structure of DNA
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Jonas Salk develops polio vaccine
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Development of the computer language C