1614 in science

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Last updated May 10, 2025

The year 1614 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Mathematics

Scottish mathematician John Napier publishes Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio ("Description of the Admirable Table of Logarithms"), outlining his discovery of logarithms and incorporating the decimal mark.^[1] Astronomer Johannes Kepler soon begins to employ logarithms in his description of the Solar System.

Medicine

Felix Plater gives a description of Dupuytren's contracture.^[2]
Sanctorius publishes De statica medicina, which will go through five editions in the following century.

Births

February 14 – Bishop John Wilkins, English natural philosopher, co-founder of the Royal Society (died 1672)

Deaths

July 28 – Felix Plater, Swiss physician (born 1536)
Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Portuguese-born navigator (born 1565)
William Lee, English-born inventor (born c. 1563)

References

↑ Napier, John (1614). The Description of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms (PDF). Translated by Wright, Edward; Bruce, Ian. 17centurymaths.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
↑ Belusa, L.; Selzer, A.M.; Partecke, B.D. (1995). "Description of Dupuytren disease by the Basel physician and anatomist Felix Plater in 1614". Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie. 27 (5): 272–5. PMID 7498844.

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[1] Napier, John (1614). The Description of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms (PDF). Translated by Wright, Edward; Bruce, Ian. 17centurymaths.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 April 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2022.

[2] Belusa, L.; Selzer, A.M.; Partecke, B.D. (1995). "Description of Dupuytren disease by the Basel physician and anatomist Felix Plater in 1614". Handchirurgie, Mikrochirurgie, plastische Chirurgie. 27 (5): 272–5. PMID 7498844.

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