1643 in science
The year 1643 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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Exploration
- January 21 – Abel Tasman discovers the Tonga archipelago.
- December 25 – Captain William Mynors of the British East India Company discovers Christmas Island.[1]
Meteorology
- Evangelista Torricelli invents the mercury barometer.[2]
Technology
- A microscope is developed by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek of Delft (born 1632).
Births
- January 4 (NS) – Isaac Newton, English physicist (died 1727)
- Jean de Fontaney, French Jesuit mathematician and astronomer (died 1710)
Deaths
- April 9 – Benedetto Castelli, Italian mathematician (born 1578)
- November 3
- John Bainbridge, English astronomer (born 1582)
- Paul Guldin, Swiss mathematician and astronomer (born 1577)
- Sophia Brahe, Danish astronomer (born 1556)
- Gasparo Berti, Italian mathematician, astronomer and physicist (born c. 1600)
- Walter Warner, English scientist (born 1563)
References
- "Christmas Island history". Australian Government, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. 2011-11-02. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
- Torricelli, Evangelista (1715). "Introduction". Lezioni Accademiche. Florence.
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