1647 in science

The year 1647 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

• Johannes Hevelius publishes the first comparatively detailed map of the Moon in his Selenographia, sive Lunae descriptio (Danzig). ^[1]

Births

• January 17 – Elisabeth Hevelius, Danzig astronomer (died 1693) ^[2]
• March 20 – Jean de Hautefeuille, French inventor (died 1724) ^[3]
• April 2 – Maria Sybilla Merian, German lepidopterist (died 1717) ^[4]
• August 22 – Denis Papin, French physicist (died c. 1712) ^[5]
• December 7 – Giovanni Ceva, Italian mathematician (died 1734)

Deaths

• March 29 – Charles Butler, English beekeeper (born 1560) ^[6]
• October 8 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (born 1562) ^[7]
• October 25 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608) ^[8]

References

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2. Cook, A. (2000). "Johann and Elizabeth Hevelius, astronomers of Danzig". Endeavour. 24 (1): 8–12. doi:10.1016/s0160-9327(99)01263-6. PMID   10824438.
3. "Jean de Hautefeuille (1647-1724)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
4. "Maria Sibylla Merian – Life, Facts, & Works". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
5. Robinson, H. W. (1947). "Denis Papin (1647-1712)". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 5 (1): 47–50. doi:10.1098/rsnr.1947.0007. JSTOR   531177.
6. Mabbe, James (2013). James Mabbe, The Spanish Bawd. MHRA. p. 10. ISBN   9781907322099.
7. "Christen Sørensen Longomontanus". Worldcat. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
8. "Evangelista Torricelli – Italian physicist and mathematician". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 April 2018.