Scientific Revolution

Question 1

Vesalius

Answer 1

1543 - produced a book with the most accurate drawings of the human body at the time (includes muscles, nerves and the skeleton). He did this by dissecting humans

Question 2

Pare

Answer 2

1575 - Discovered that bandages were much more effective than cauterisation

Question 3

Francis Bacon

Answer 3

Developed the scientific method in 1605

Question 4

Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

Answer 4

Used a telescope to learn that the Earth was not at the center of the universe, in 1610

Question 5

William Harvey

Answer 5

Described the circulation of blood to and from the heart and allowed blood transfusions in 1628

Question 6

East Anglican Fens

Answer 6

Drained 500,000 acres of land for farmland in 1630

Question 7

Robert Boyle

Answer 7

Makes air pump which proves air is neede to breathe and that the air is made of particles in 1661

Question 8

London Royal Society

Answer 8

1662 helps scientists share their discoveries

Question 9

Mechanical looms

Answer 9

1680 - Helps weave cloths 4 times faster

Question 10

Thomas Savery

Answer 10

1698 Steam engine used to pump water out of mines in Cornwall, making it safer and allowing coal to be mined deeper

Question 11

Johannes Gutenberg

Answer 11

Invented the printing press in 1440

Question 12

Lady Mary Wortley

Answer 12

Brings vaccine to England in 1777