1670 in science

The year 1670 in science and technology involved some significant events.

List of years in science (table)

Botany

Earth sciences

  • Jean Picard calculates the Earth radius to within 0.44% of the modern value.[3]
  • Agostino Scilla publishes La vana speculazione disingannata dal senso: lettera risponsiva c. i corpi marini, che petrificati si trovano in varii luoghi terrestri ("Vain Speculation Undeceived by Sense") in Naples, arguing for an organic origin for fossils.[4]

Technology

  • The first longcase clock is built in England by William Clement.[5]

Births

Deaths

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References

  1. "John Ray: Catalogus plantarum Angliae". www.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. "Lost Edinburgh: The Physic Garden". Scotsman. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  3. Barentine, John C. (2015). The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore. Springer. p. 308. ISBN 9783319227955.
  4. "Scilla, Agostino, 1670, La Vana Speculazione. Engraved title page. :: Emblematic Science". lhldigital.lindahall.org. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  5. Usry, Terri (2015). Antique Clocks: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Lulu Press, Inc. p. 22. ISBN 9781329632738.
  6. "Maria Kirch - German astronomer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  7. "The Galileo Project". galileo.rice.edu. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  8. "Niccolò Zucci - Italian astronomer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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