【正确答案】新学派的一位领袖人物坚持说：简而言之，我们所谓的科学革命，主要是指—系列器具的改进、发明和使用，而这些改进、发明和使用使科学发展无所不及。

【答案解析】[精解] In short，a leader of the new school contends，the scientific revolution，as we call it，was largely the improvement and invention and use of a series of instruments that expanded the reach of science in innumerable direction.
句子分析：
句子可以拆分为三段：In short，a leader of the new school contends，the scientific revolution，as we call it，/was largely the improvement and invention and use of a series of instruments/ that expanded the reach of science in innumerable direction．
二、句子主干结构是：
1)系表结构：the scientific revolution...was largely...
2)that 引导的定语从句，先行词是the improvement and invention and use of a series of instruments
三、词的处理：
In short 简而言之；
the improvement and invention and use of a series of instruments (词性转换)一系列器具的改进、发明和使用；
expanded the reach of science in innumerable direction 直译：在难以计数的方向扩大了科学的范围；