1649 in science
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Overview of the events of 1649 in science
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The year 1649 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Biology
[edit ]- Publication of John Jonston's Historiae naturalis in Frankfurt begins with De piscibus et cetis.
Technology
[edit ]- Johann Schröder publishes two methods for the production of elemental Arsenic.[1] [2]
Mathematics
[edit ]- Frans van Schooten publishes the first Latin version of René Descartes' La Géométrie . His commentary makes the work understandable to the broader mathematical community. The Latin version also includes Florimond de Beaune's Notes brièves, the first important introduction to Descartes' cartesian geometry.[3]
Events
[edit ]- The semi-formal Oxford Philosophical Club of natural philosophers begins to meet; it is a predecessor of the Royal Society of London.
Births
[edit ]- March 3 – John Floyer, English physician (died 1734)
Deaths
[edit ]- September 6 – Robert Dudley, English-born navigator (born 1574)
References
[edit ]- ^ (Comte), Antoine-François de Fourcroy (1804). A General System of Chemical Knowledge, and Its Application to the Phenomena of Nature and Art. p. 84.
- ^ "Los Alamos Periodic Table - Arsenic" retrieved March 15, 2014
- ^ Serfati, M. (2005). René Descartes, Géométrie, Latin Edition (1649), French Edition (1637). In Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940 (p. 1). Elsevier.