The year 1649 in
science and
technology involved some significant events.
Biology
* Publication of
John Jonston
John Jonston or Johnston ( pl, Jan Jonston; la, Joannes or or ; 15 September 1603– ) was a Polish scholar and physician, descended from Scottish nobility and closely associated with the Polish magnate Leszczyński family.
Life
Jonston was ...
's ''Historiae naturalis'' in
Frankfurt begins with ''De piscibus et cetis''.
Technology
*
Johann Schröder Johann Schröder may refer to:
* Johann Schröder (physician) (1600–1664), German physician and pharmacologist, recognised that arsenic was an element
* Johann Heinrich Schröder
Johann Heinrich Schröder (12 December 1784 – 28 June 1883 ...
publishes two methods for the production of elemental
Arsenic.
Mathematics
*
Frans van Schooten publishes the first Latin version of
René Descartes' ''
La Géométrie
''La Géométrie'' was published in 1637 as an appendix to ''Discours de la méthode'' (''Discourse on the Method''), written by René Descartes. In the ''Discourse'', he presents his method for obtaining clarity on any subject. ''La Géométrie ...
''. His commentary makes the work understandable to the broader mathematical community. The Latin version also includes
Florimond de Beaune
Florimond de Beaune (7 October 1601, Blois – 18 August 1652, Blois) was a French jurist and mathematician, and an early follower of René Descartes.. The material on de Beaune is op. 187 R. Taton calls him "a typical example of the erud ...
's ''Notes brièves'', the first important introduction to Descartes'
cartesian geometry.
[Serfati, M. (2005). René Descartes, ''Géométrie'', Latin Edition (1649), French Edition (1637). In ]
Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940
' (p. 1). Elsevier.
Events
* The semi-formal
Oxford Philosophical Club
The Oxford Philosophical Club refers to a group of natural philosophers, mathematicians, physicians, virtuosi and dilettanti gathering around John Wilkins FRS (1614–1672) at Oxford in the period 1649 to 1660. It is documented in particular by J ...
of natural philosophers begins to meet; it is a predecessor of the
Royal Society of London.
Births
* March 3 –
John Floyer, English
physician (died
1734
Events
January– March
* January 8 – Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Province of Georgia, Georgia in North America ...
)
Deaths
* September 6 –
Robert Dudley Robert Dudley is the name of:
Surname
* Robert Dudley (actor) (1869–1955), American dentist and film character actor
*Robert Dudley (explorer) (1574–1649), illegitimate son of the 1st Earl of Leicester
*Robert Charles Dudley (1826–1909) wate ...
, English-born navigator (born
1574
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Year 1574 ( MDLXXIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
* February 23 – The fifth War of Religion against the Huguenots begins ...
)
References
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17th century in science
1640s in science