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The year 1658 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

approx. date – Kamalakara compiles his major work, Siddhāntatattvaviveka, in Varanasi.

Life sciences

Jan Swammerdam observes red blood cells (in the frog) with the aid of a microscope.^[1]^[2]
Samuel Volckertzoon observes a quokka on Rottnest Island.

Mathematics

Christopher Wren gives the first published proof of the arc length of a cycloid.

Publication

Posthumous publication of Arzneibüchlein, pharmacopoeia compiled by Anna von Diesbach.^[3]

Births

March 5 – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (died 1730)
April 2 - Pierre Pomet, French pharmacist (died 1699)^[4]
April 8 - Georges Mareschal, French surgeon (died 1736)^[5]
unknown date – Nicolas Andry, French physician (died 1742)

Deaths

January 9 - Pierre-Jean Fabre, French physician and alchemist (born 1588)
October 22 – Charles Bouvard, French herbalist (born 1572)

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The Bibliothèque nationale de France is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as Richelieu and François-Mitterrand. It is the national repository of all that is published in France. Some of its extensive collections, including books and manuscripts but also precious objects and artworks, are on display at the BnF Museum on the Richelieu site.

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References

↑ "Swammerdam, January (1637–1680)". McGraw Hill AccessScience. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
↑ "Red Gold – Blood History 1000–1699". PBS. 2002. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
↑ Diesbach (1574-1651), Anna von (1658). "Arzneibüchlein" . Retrieved 2021-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
↑ "Pomet, Pierre (1658-1699)". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France.
↑ "Mareschal, Georges (1658-1736)". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

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[1] "Swammerdam, January (1637–1680)". McGraw Hill AccessScience. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-27.

[2] "Red Gold – Blood History 1000–1699". PBS. 2002. Retrieved 2011-10-28.

[3] Diesbach (1574-1651), Anna von (1658). "Arzneibüchlein" . Retrieved 2021-02-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[4] "Pomet, Pierre (1658-1699)". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France.

[5] "Mareschal, Georges (1658-1736)". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

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