What role did the invention of new laboratory apparatuses play in the advancement of chemical knowledge in the 17th and 18th centuries

HIST 270
Question- What role did the invention of new laboratory apparatuses play in the advancement of chemical knowledge in the 17th and 18th centuries?

write a paper that makes an argument as to why this was a period of most overall significance in the history of science. Significance should be measured by its impact on the time in which it occurred, and not by a measure of science today.
This paper is FIVE complete double-spaced pages of text (Times New Roman, font size 12), not including bibliography or title page, and you must cite a minimum of 5 sources MLA . These sources are as follows:
TWO primary sources from the era in which you are writing about
TWO scholarly secondary sources from peer reviewed journals or books.