NATURAL SCIENCE IN THE 17 TH CENTURY. 
415 
TABLE — COMPILED FROM BUCKLEY's HISTORY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, AND 
OTHER SOURCES. 
Name. 
Nativity. 
Life. 
Work. 
> 
tn 
-W 
Van Helmont, 
Beclier, 
Hooke, 
Mayow, 
Stahl, 
Belgium, 
Germany, 
England. 
England, 
Germany, 
1577— 1644. 
1625 — 1682. 
1635— 1702. 
1645— 1679. 
1660 — 1734. 
Gas, from geist — Spirit. Gas sylvestre=Car- 
Theory — 2 elements. Boracic acid.[bonic acid 
Air necessary to life and combustion (1665). 
Fire air^Oxygen, and a lighter gas in air. 
Phlogiston. 
> 

>-) 

w 
c 
Steno, 
Scilla, 
Woodward, 
Denmark, 
Italy, 
England, 
Petrifactions (1669). 
Fossils of Calabria (1670). 
Collection of Rocks and Fossils (1695). 


SI 
Q 
Z 

Malpighi, 
Grew, 
Ray, 
Willoughby, 
Tournefort, 
France, 
England, 
England, 
England, 
France, 
1628 — 1694. 
1628 — 1711. 
1628 — 1705. 
1635— 1672. 
1656 . 
Spiracles of insects (1669). Germination of 
Vegetable anat. Stomates (1676). [Seeds. 
) Classification of Animals and Plants and 
J publication (1682 ). 
Systematic Classification (1694 — 1700). 
> 


in 
Harvey, 
Asellius, 
Pecquet, 
Rudbeck, 
Malpighi, 
Leuwenhoeck, 
Ruysch, 
England, 
Italy, 
France, 
Sweden, 
France, 
Holland, 
Holland, 
1578—1657. 
1581— 1626. 
1630 — 1702. 
1628 — 1694. 
1632— 1723. 
1638 . 
Circulation of the Blood (1628). 
Lacteals (1622). 
Thoracic duct (1647). 
Lymphatics (1651). 
Capillary circulation (1661). 
Animalcular Life. 
Injections in Microscopic Work. 
>• 
Galileo, 
Italy, 
1564 — 1642, 
Moons of Jupiter (1610), Sun-Spots (1611), 
S 
Kepler, 
Germany, 
1571— 1630. 
Laws of Planetary Movement. [etc. 
r, 
Gassendi, 
France, 
1592— 1655. 
Transit of Mercury (1631). 

Horrocks, 
England, 
1619— 1641. 
Transit of Venus (1639). 
H 
Newton, 
England, 
1642 — 1727. 
Gravitation (1682), tides, etc. 
< 
Halley, 
England, 
1656 — 1742. 
Sun's distance by Transits. Comet. 
Jansen, ) 
Lippersheim, J 
Holland, 
Refracting Telescope (1609). 
Microscope (1660?). 
iMercurial Thermometer (1670). [Science. 
> 
F. Bacon, 
England, 
1561 — 1626. 
Novum Organon (1620). Experimental 
Galileo, 
Italy, 
1564 — 1642. 
Pendulum (1580?). Telescope (1610). 

Drebbel, 
Holland, 
1572— 1634. 
Alcohol Thermometer. 

Snellins, 
Holland, 
1591 — 1626. 
Refraction of Light-Law (1621). 
X 
Descartes, 
France, 
1596— 1650. 
Prism and Dispersion of Light. 
PM 
Torricelli, 
Italy, 
1608 — 1547. 
Barometer (1644). 
4-1 
0. Guericke, 
Prussia, 
1602— 16S6. 
Air Pump (1650). Elec. Machine (I672). 
a 
Boyle, 
Ireland, 
1626 — 1691. 
Compressibility of Gases (1661). 
.& 
H 
Mariotte, 
France, 
1684. 
Compressibility of Gases. Blind Spot in Eye. 
^ 
Z 
Huyghens, 
Holland, 
1629 — 1695. 
Pendulums in Clocks (1650). Wave Theory 
Gregory, 
Scotland, 
1638— 1675. 
Reflecting Telescope (1663). [of Light (1678). 
Newton, 
England, 
1642-^1727. 
Light, dispersion, etc., etc. 
Roemer, 
Denmark, 
1644 — 1710. 
Velocity of Light by Moons of Jupiter (1676). 
Papin, 
France, 
1650 — 1710. 
Steam-Pump (1690). Safety Valve . 
Newcomen, 
England, 
. 
Steam-Engine (1705). 
