| 1641 in science |
|---|
| Fields |
| Technology |
| Social sciences |
|
| <b>Paleontology</b> |
| Extraterrestrial environment |
| Terrestrial environment |
| Other/related |
The year 1641 in science and technology involved some significant events.
YouTube Encyclopedic
-
1/3Views:2 0804 6232 623
-
The Londonderry Plantation from 1641 until the 19th Century - Professor James Stevens Curl
-
Creativity in Art, Creativity in Science - By Professor Arthur I Miller
-
Searle on Explanation & Science
Transcription
Medicine
- Nicolaes Tulp's Observationes Medicae is published in Amsterdam.
Technology
- The sealed thermometer is developed with Ferdinand II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, using a glass tube containing alcohol, which freezes well below the freezing point of water.
- Samuel Winslow is granted the first patent in North America by the Massachusetts General Court for a new saltmaking process.[1]
Births
- March – Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch military engineer (died 1704)
- July 30 – Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist who discovered the ovarian follicles, which were later named Graafian follicles (died 1673)
- August 2 – Jacob Bobart the Younger, English botanist (died 1719)
- September 26 – Nehemiah Grew, English botanist and physician who makes some of the early microscopical observations of plants (died 1712)
- October 28 – Sir Philip Skippon, English traveller, naturalist and Member of Parliament (died 1691)
Deaths
- January 3 – Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer (born 1618)
- March 8 – Xu Xiake, Chinese explorer and geographer (born 1587)
- July 5 – Simon Baskerville, English physician (born 1574)
- August 31 – Guy de La Brosse, French physician and botanist (born c. 1586)
References
- ^ Cortada, James W. (1998). "Rise of the knowledge worker". Resources for the Knowledge-based Economy. Knowledge Reader Series. Vol. 8. Butterworth-Heinemann. p. 141. ISBN 0-7506-7058-4.
This page was last edited on 19 March 2024, at 21:16