1624 in science

	… 1614 ; 1615 ; 1616 ; 1617 ; 1618 ; 1619 ; 1620 ; ; 1621 ; 1622 ; 1623 ; 1624 ; 1625 ; 1626 ; 1627 ; ; 1628 ; 1629 ; 1630 ; 1631 ; 1632 ; 1633 ; 1634 … ;
	Art ; Archaeology ; Architecture ; Literature ; Music ; Philosophy ; Science ; +...

Last updated June 17, 2024

The year 1624 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

Jakob Bartsch's star atlas^[1] is the first to depict six recently discovered constellations, including Camelopardalis around the North Star.

Exploration

July or August – Portuguese Jesuit priest António de Andrade becomes the first European to enter Tibet.

Mathematics

Henry Briggs publishes Arithmetica Logarithmica.
Edmund Gunter produces The description and use of sector, the cross-staffe, and other instruments for such as are studious of mathematical practise, notable for being published in English as a practical text.^[2]

Medicine

Adriaan van den Spiegel, in De semitertiana libri quatuor, gives the first comprehensive description of malaria.

Technology

12 September – Cornelis Drebbel demonstrates his third submarine on the River Thames in England.
The 15-arch Berwick Bridge in Great Britain by James Burrell is opened to traffic.

Events

25 May – The Parliament of England passes the Statute of Monopolies, requiring patent monopolies to show novelty.^[3]
The Parlement of France passes a decree forbidding criticism of Aristotle on pain of death.^[4]

Births

10 September – Thomas Sydenham, English physician, the first person to recommend the use of quinine for relieving symptoms of malaria (died 1689)

Deaths

Giuseppe Biancani, Italian astronomer (born 1566)
5 December – Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist and physician who developed an important early plant classification system (born 1560)
26 December – Simon Marius, German astronomer (born 1573)^[5]

Related Research Articles

Simon Marius was a German astronomer. He was born in Gunzenhausen, near Nuremberg, but spent most of his life in the city of Ansbach. He is best known for being among the first observers of the four largest moons of Jupiter, and his publication of his discovery led to charges of plagiarism.

The year 1881 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1836 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1918 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1829 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1791 in science and technology involved some significant events.

The year 1773 in science and technology involved some significant events.

The year 1811 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1862 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1796 in science and technology involved some significant events.

The year 1897 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1738 in science and technology involved some significant events.

The year 1801 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1886 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1861 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

The year 1789 in science and technology involved some significant events.

The year 1783 in science and technology involved some significant events:

The year 1703 in science and technology involved some significant events.

The year 1612 in science and technology involved some significant events.

The year 1573 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

References

↑ Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati
↑ Wilson, Robin (16 November 2005). "Who invented the calculus? – and other 17th century topics". London: Gresham College. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
↑ Bloxam, G. A. (1957). "Letters Patent for Inventions: their Use and Misuse". Journal of Industrial Economics. 5 (3). Wiley. ISSN 0022-1821.
↑ "René Descartes". Encyclopædia Britannica Online . 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.
↑ "Simon Marius | German astronomer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati

[2] Wilson, Robin (16 November 2005). "Who invented the calculus? – and other 17th century topics". London: Gresham College. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 6 June 2011.

[3] Bloxam, G. A. (1957). "Letters Patent for Inventions: their Use and Misuse". Journal of Industrial Economics. 5 (3). Wiley. ISSN 0022-1821.

[4] "René Descartes". Encyclopædia Britannica Online . 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2009.

[5] "Simon Marius | German astronomer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 29 June 2020.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]