1530 in science

The year 1530 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

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Botany

• Otto Brunfels begins publication of his illustrated botanical catalogue Herbarium vivae icones, based on his own observations and giving the plants their German vernacular names.

Earth sciences

• Georgius Agricola publishes Bermannus, sive de re metallica dialogus, his first work on scientific metallurgy.

Mathematics

• Approximate date – Jyeṣṭhadeva, a member of the Kerala School of Astronomy and Mathematics in India, writes the Yuktibhāṣā, the world's first known text on the foundations of calculus.

Medicine

• The name syphilis is coined by the Italian physician and poet Girolamo Fracastoro in his epic poem, Syphilis sive morbus gallicus.
• The first book devoted to dentistry, the Artzney Buchlein, is published.[1]

Births

• September 30 – Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian physician (died 1606)
• Mathew Baker, English shipwright (died 1613)
• 1529 or 1530 – Julius Caesar Aranzi, Italian anatomist (died 1589)
• approx. date – Thomas Penny, English botanist and entomologist (died 1589)

Deaths

• Jacopo Berengario da Carpi, Italian anatomist (born 1460)

References

1. "FAQS On the History of Dentistry" (PDF). Archives of the American Dental Association. American Dental Association. What was the name of the first book on dentistry?. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-23. Retrieved 2013-12-23.