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The year 1649 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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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.