1553 Michael Servetus (1511–1553) puts forward his description of the pulmonary circulation of the blood in a heretical theological work, for which he was burned at the stake by John Calvin, in Geneva.
1556 Georgius Agricola’s (1494–1555) comprehensive and highly influential text on mining and metallurgy, De re metallica, is illustrated with detailed woodcuts.
1600 Giordano Bruno (1548–1600), an early Copernican and a believer in the infinity of the universe and a plurality of worlds, is burned at the stake for heretical religious opinions.
1656 Christiaan Huygens’s pendulum clock allows for significantly greater precision in time measurement.
1671 Jean Picard’s (1620–1682) Measure of the Earth, a description of his precise measurement of a meridional arc, influential in geodesy, cartography, and celestial mechanics.
1677 Discovery of spermatozoa by use of the microscope, reported by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
1696 Publication of the first textbook on the calculus by the Marquis de L’Hôpital (1661–1704).
Source:
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION FROM COPERNICUS TO NEWTON
ISBN 0-8153-1503-1
1556 Georgius Agricola’s (1494–1555) comprehensive and highly influential text on mining and metallurgy, De re metallica, is illustrated with detailed woodcuts.
1600 Giordano Bruno (1548–1600), an early Copernican and a believer in the infinity of the universe and a plurality of worlds, is burned at the stake for heretical religious opinions.
1656 Christiaan Huygens’s pendulum clock allows for significantly greater precision in time measurement.
1671 Jean Picard’s (1620–1682) Measure of the Earth, a description of his precise measurement of a meridional arc, influential in geodesy, cartography, and celestial mechanics.
1677 Discovery of spermatozoa by use of the microscope, reported by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek.
1696 Publication of the first textbook on the calculus by the Marquis de L’Hôpital (1661–1704).
Source:
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION FROM COPERNICUS TO NEWTON
ISBN 0-8153-1503-1