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Answer» The scientists of the 17th century emphasized the following things: - To prove that scientific principles established by empirical experiments are true despite time and space.
- To convert the emergent scientific rules into scientific formulae.
- To create new scientific parlance and so on.
- These efforts helped the progress of science.
- The compass, the barometer, telescope, and the thermometer were invented during this period.
- Microscopes were invented to observe various types of micro-organisms.
- Robert Boyle, an alchemist discovered that that the absolute pressure and the volume of a gas are inversely proportional.
- The research in physics was more focused on heat and sound.
- In zoology, a methodology known as ‘Taxonomy’ was developed to classify animals.
- Benjamin Franklin’s research was on lightning and electricity. He coined many technical terms which are used in science even today.
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