1616 in science

Astronomy

Biology

  • William Harvey presents his views on the circulation of blood as Lumleian Lecturer at the College of Physicians, but will not publish them for a further dozen years.
  • Fortunio Liceti publishes De Monstruorum Natura which marks the beginning of studies into malformations of the embryo.
  • Fabio Colonna publishes Ekphrasis altera in Rome, including two appendices, De Purpura and De glossopetris dissertatio, where he argues that "tongue stones" are of organic origin, being shark teeth, glossopetrae.

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References

  1. Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1616". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
  2. "Robert Bylot". ExploreNorth. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
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