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The year 1647 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
[edit]- Johannes Hevelius publishes the first comparatively detailed map of the Moon in his Selenographia (Danzig).[1]
Births
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "Astronomical Images: Image database". www.astronomicalimages.group.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Jean de Hautefeuille (1647-1724)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "Maria Sibylla Merian – Life, Facts, & Works". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Mabbe, James (2013). James Mabbe, The Spanish Bawd. MHRA. p. 10. ISBN 9781907322099.
- ^ "Christen Sørensen Longomontanus". Worldcat. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "Evangelista Torricelli – Italian physicist and mathematician". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 April 2018.