In short, a leader(主语) of the new school（学派，学院） contends(争论，辩论，V词), ''the scientific revolution, as we call it,
was largely the improvement and invention and use （名词）of a series of instruments（定语1） that expanded the reach（定语2） of science（定语3）
in innumerable directions.''（定语4）.
翻译规则——定语4的+定语3的+定语2的+定语1的 + improvement and invention and use
句子主干（没有定语）——In short, a leader contends ''the scientiic revolution was largely the improvement and invention and use。
the scientific revolution, as we call it,
was （这一句是宾语从句）
双引号里面相当于宾语从句
间接濒于就是宾语从句
直接宾语就是小括号或者引号圈起来
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