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1646 In Science
The year 1646 in science and technology involved some significant events. Technology * Pascal's Law, a law of hydrostatics is developed, stating that, in a perfect fluid, the pressure exerted on it anywhere is transmitted equally. Publications * Dr Thomas Browne's ''Pseudodoxia Epidemica'' is published in London, introducing the words ''electricity'', ''medicine, medical'', ''pathology'', ''hallucination'' and ''computer'' to the English language and casting doubt on the theory of spontaneous generation. Births * April 20 – Charles Plumier, French people, French botanist (died 1704 in science, 1704) * July 1 – Gottfried Leibniz, Germans, German scientist and mathematician (died 1716 in science, 1716) Deaths * November 29 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish people, Swedish theologian and astronomer (born 1565 in science, 1565) References {{reflist 1646 in science, 17th century in science 1640s in science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Plumier
Charles Plumier (; 20 April 1646 – 20 November 1704) was a French botanist after whom the frangipani genus ''Plumeria'' is named. Plumier is considered one of the most important of the botanical explorers of his time. He made three botanizing expeditions to the West Indies, which resulted in a massive work ''Nova Plantarum Americanarum Genera'' (1703–1704) and was appointed botanist to King Louis XIV of France. Biography Born in Marseille, at the age of 16, he entered the religious order of the Minims. He devoted himself to the study of mathematics and physics, made physical instruments, and was an excellent draughtsman, painter, and turner. On being sent to the French monastery of Trinità dei Monti at Rome, Plumier studied botany under two members of the order, and especially under Cistercian botanist, Paolo Boccone. After his return to France, he became a pupil of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, whom he accompanied on botanical expeditions. He also explored the coasts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1646 In Science
The year 1646 in science and technology involved some significant events. Technology * Pascal's Law, a law of hydrostatics is developed, stating that, in a perfect fluid, the pressure exerted on it anywhere is transmitted equally. Publications * Dr Thomas Browne's ''Pseudodoxia Epidemica'' is published in London, introducing the words ''electricity'', ''medicine, medical'', ''pathology'', ''hallucination'' and ''computer'' to the English language and casting doubt on the theory of spontaneous generation. Births * April 20 – Charles Plumier, French people, French botanist (died 1704 in science, 1704) * July 1 – Gottfried Leibniz, Germans, German scientist and mathematician (died 1716 in science, 1716) Deaths * November 29 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish people, Swedish theologian and astronomer (born 1565 in science, 1565) References {{reflist 1646 in science, 17th century in science 1640s in science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1565 In Science
The year 1565 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Earth sciences * Conrad Gessner publishes '' De omni rerum fossilium genere, gemmis, lapidibus, metallis, et huiusmod'' in Zürich. Medicine * College of Physicians of London empowered to carry out human dissections. * The first hospital in the Philippines is established by the Spanish in Cebu. * First publication of ''Dos libros ...'' (''Historia medicinal de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales'' or "Medical study of the products imported from our West Indian possessions") by Spanish physician and botanist Nicolás Monardes. Technology * October – The first Martello tower, the Torra di Mortella, designed by Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratino (el Fratin), is completed as part of the Genovese defence system at Mortella (Myrtle) Point in Upper Corsica. * Roger Taverner writes his ''Arte of'' '. Births * April 2 – Cornelis de Houtman, Dutch explorer (died 1599) * Novem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astronomer
An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, galaxies – in either observational astronomy, observational (by analyzing the data) or theoretical astronomy. Examples of topics or fields astronomers study include planetary science, Sun, solar astronomy, the Star formation, origin or stellar evolution, evolution of stars, or the galaxy formation and evolution, formation of galaxies. A related but distinct subject is physical cosmology, which studies the Universe as a whole. Types Astronomers usually fall under either of two main types: observational astronomy, observational and theoretical astronomy, theoretical. Observational astronomers make direct observations of Astronomical object, celestial objects and analyze the data. In contrast, theoretical astronomers create and investigate C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swedish People
Swedes ( sv, svenskar) are a North Germanic ethnic group native to the Nordic region, primarily their nation state of Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countries, in particular Finland where they are an officially recognized minority, with a substantial diaspora in other countries, especially the United States. Etymology The English term "Swede" has been attested in English since the late 16th century and is of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin. In Swedish, the term is ''svensk'', which is from the name of '' svear'' (or Swedes), the people who inhabited Svealand in eastern central Sweden, and were listed as ''Suiones'' in Tacitus' history '' Germania'' from the first century AD. The term is believed to have been derived from the Proto-Indo-European reflexive pronominal root, , as the Latin ''suus''. The word must have meant "one's own (tribesmen)". The same root and original meaning i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurentius Paulinus Gothus
Laurentius Paulinus Gothus (10 November 1565 – 29 November 1646) was a Sweden, Swedish theologian, astronomer and Archbishop of Uppsala. Biography Gothus was born Lars Paulsson at Söderköping in Östergötland County, Sweden. In 1588, Gothus travelled to Germany and studied in the Rostock University for three years. He was influenced by Pierre de la Ramée (1515–1572) and his philosophy. After receiving a Master's degree, he returned to Uppsala in time for the Uppsala Synod in 1593 where the founding dogmas of the Church of Sweden were made final. He was appointed professor of logic at the recently reopened, and now Lutheran focused, Uppsala University. In 1598 he re-transferred himself to the professorship in astronomy. He was, along with some other professors, suspended from his duty, because of demands that professors to sign a petition supporting Sigismund III Vasa as king of Sweden. However, in 1604, his Protestant uncle Charles IX of Sweden, Duke Charles was crowne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1716 In Science
{{Science year nav, 1716 The year 1716 in science and technology involved some significant events. Chemistry * Johann von Löwenstern-Kunckel publishes his handbook of experimental chemistry, ''Collegium physico-chymicum experimentale, oder, Laboratorium chymicum'', in Germany. Events * Tsar Peter the Great of Russia studies with the physician Herman Boerhaave at Leiden University. Births * January 12 – Antonio de Ulloa, Spanish explorer (died 1795) * March 6 – Pehr Kalm, Swedish botanist and explorer (died 1779) * May 29 – Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (died 1799) * c. August 18 – Johan Maurits Mohr, Dutch astronomer (died 1775) * October 3 – Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist (died 1781) * October 4 – James Lind, Scottish-born pioneer of hygiene in the British Royal Navy (died 1794) * December 27 – Leonardo Ximenes, Tuscan polymath (died 1786) * James Brindley, English engineer (died 1772) Deaths * November 14 – Gottfried Leib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathematician
A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems. Mathematicians are concerned with numbers, data, quantity, structure, space, models, and change. History One of the earliest known mathematicians were Thales of Miletus (c. 624–c.546 BC); he has been hailed as the first true mathematician and the first known individual to whom a mathematical discovery has been attributed. He is credited with the first use of deductive reasoning applied to geometry, by deriving four corollaries to Thales' Theorem. The number of known mathematicians grew when Pythagoras of Samos (c. 582–c. 507 BC) established the Pythagorean School, whose doctrine it was that mathematics ruled the universe and whose motto was "All is number". It was the Pythagoreans who coined the term "mathematics", and with whom the study of mathematics for its own sake begins. The first woman mathematician recorded by history was Hypati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germans
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Gottfried Leibniz
Gottfried Wilhelm (von) Leibniz . ( – 14 November 1716) was a German polymath active as a mathematician, philosopher, scientist and diplomat. He is one of the most prominent figures in both the history of philosophy and the history of mathematics. He wrote works on philosophy, theology, ethics, politics, law, history and philology. Leibniz also made major contributions to physics and technology, and anticipated notions that surfaced much later in probability theory, biology, medicine, geology, psychology, linguistics and computer science. In addition, he contributed to the field of library science: while serving as overseer of the Wolfenbüttel library in Germany, he devised a cataloging system that would have served as a guide for many of Europe's largest libraries. Leibniz's contributions to this vast array of subjects were scattered in various learned journals, in tens of thousands of letters and in unpublished manuscripts. He wrote in several languages, primarily in Latin, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1704 In Science
The year 1704 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy * ''approx. date'' – The first modern orrery is built by George Graham and Thomas Tompion. Earth sciences * An earthquake strikes Gondar in Ethiopia. Meteorology * Daniel Defoe documents the Great Storm of 1703 with eyewitness testimonies in '' The Storm'' (London). Physics * Isaac Newton releases a record of experiments and the deductions made from them in ''Opticks'', a major contribution in study of optics and refraction of light. * Pierre Varignon invents the U-tube manometer, a device capable of measuring rarefaction in gases. Technology * The second electric machine is invented by British engineer Francis Hauksbee the elder ( 1660–1713): it is a sphere of glass rotated by a wheel. * For watch movements, Peter Debaufre invents the Debaufre escapement, the first frictional rest watch escapement produced: the escapement consists of two saw-tooth escape wheels of the same count. * Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
