1670 in science

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The year 1670 in science and technology involved some significant events.

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Botany edit

John Ray publishes Catalogus plantarum Angliæ, the basis of all later floras of England.^[1]
The predecessor of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is opened as a physic garden by Drs Robert Sibbald and Andrew Balfour in Holyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland.^[2]

Earth sciences edit

Jean Picard calculates the Earth radius to within 0.44% of the modern value.^[3]
Agostino Scilla publishes La vana speculazione disingannata dal senso: lettera risponsiva c. i corpi marini, che petrificati si trovano in varii luoghi terrestri ("Vain Speculation Undeceived by Sense") in Naples, arguing for an organic origin for fossils.^[4]

Technology edit

The first longcase clock is built in England by William Clement.^[5]

Births edit

February 25 – Maria Margarethe Kirch born Winckelmann, German astronomer (died 1720)^[6]

Deaths edit

March 10 – Johann Rudolf Glauber, German chemist (born 1604)^[7]
May 21 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (born 1586)^[8]

References edit

^ "John Ray: Catalogus plantarum Angliae". www.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
^ "Lost Edinburgh: The Physic Garden". Scotsman. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
^ Barentine, John C. (2015). The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore. Springer. p. 308. ISBN 9783319227955.
^ "Scilla, Agostino, 1670, La Vana Speculazione. Engraved title page. :: Emblematic Science". lhldigital.lindahall.org. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
^ Usry, Terri (2015). Antique Clocks: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Lulu Press, Inc. p. 22. ISBN 9781329632738.
^ "Maria Kirch – German astronomer". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
^ "The Galileo Project". galileo.rice.edu. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
^ "Niccolò Zucci – Italian astronomer". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2018.

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