The year 1634 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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Astronomy
edit- Johannes Kepler's fictional account of the view from the Moon Somnium (written 1608) is published posthumously by his son.[1]
Botany
edit- Thomas Johnson begins publishing Mercurius Botanicus, including a list of indigenous British plants.[2]
Mathematics
edit- Gilles de Roberval shows that the area under a cycloid is three times the area of its generating circle.[3]
Medicine
edit- Louise Bourgeois Boursier publishes her Collection of Secrets on obstetrics in Paris, including techniques such as podalic version.[4]
Zoology
edit- Publication of Insectorum sive Minimorum Animalium Theatrum in London, compiled posthumously from the work of Edward Wotton, Conrad Gesner and Thomas Penny by Thomas Muffet and prepared for publication by Théodore de Mayerne.[5]
Institutions
edit- The Académie Française is formed by Cardinal Richelieu (it will be formally established in 1635).[6]
Births
editDeaths
edit- February 15 – Wilhelm Fabry, German-born surgeon (born 1560)
- June 26 – Nikolaus Ager, French botanist (born 1568)
- Marin le Bourgeoys, French inventor and artist (born c. 1550) (approximate date)
- Martin Llewellyn, British cartographer (born 1565?)
References
edit- ^ Christianson, Gale E. (1976). "Kepler's Somnium: Science Fiction and the Renaissance Scientist". Science Fiction Studies. 3 (1): 79–90. ISSN 0091-7729.
- ^ Boulger, George Simonds (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. pp. 47–48.
- ^ Auger, Léon (1962). Un savant méconnu, Gilles Personne de Roberval, 1602-1675: son activité intellectuelle dans les domaines mathématique, physique, mécanique et philosophique. Paris: Blanchard.
- ^ "Bourgeois, Louyse". Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2005. Retrieved 2011-10-02.
- ^ Lee, Sidney (1894). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 38. pp. 101–103.
- ^ Hollier, Denis (1998-08-19). A New History of French Literature. Harvard University Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-674-25461-9.
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