The Scientific Revolution
By Connor Doyle
The Scientific Revolution
Francis Bacon
Issac Newton
Nicholas Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
William Harvey
Andreas Vesalius
Robert Boyle
Robert Boyle put chemistry on a firm scientific footing, transforming it from a field bogged down in alchemy and mysticism into one based on measurement. He defined elements, compounds and mixtures and he coined the new term ‘chemical analysis,’ a field in which he made several powerful contributions.He discovered Boyle’s Law which is the first of the gas laws relating the pressure of a gas to its volume. He established that electrical forces are transmitted through a vacuum, but sound is not; and he also stated that the movement of particles is responsible for heat. He was the first person to write specific experimental guidance for other scientists, telling them the importance of achieving reliable, repeatable results. He lived from Jan 25, 1627 - Dec 31, 1691 .