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1569
The year 1569 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Astronomy
A lunar eclipse is observed by Cornelius Gemma.
Cartography
The Mercator projection is first used in Gerardus Mercator's world map Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendata.Nicholas Crane Mercator: the man who mapped the planet London Phoenix 2003 0-7538-1692-X
Chemistry
Paracelsus' major text on chemistry, Archidoxa, is published posthumously in Kraków in Latin translation by Adam Schröter.
Physiology and medicine
Girolamo Mercuriale publishes De Arte Gymnastica in Venice, covering the ancient history and current practice of physical exercise.
Economics
Tomás de Mercado publishes De los tratos de India y tratantes en ellas, linking the Price revolution to the influx of American gold.
Publications
Cornelius Gemma publishes la De arte cyclognomica in Antwerp.http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/homepages/hermes/gemma.htm Cornelius Gemma: Cosmology, Medicine and Natural Philosophy in Renaissance Louvain conference proceedings. 2011-06-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20111006033611/http://www.livinghistory.co.uk/homepages/hermes/gemma.htm 2011-10-06 dead
Births
Muzio Oddi, Italian mathematician (died 1639)Alexander Marr Between Raphael and Galileo: Mutio Oddi and the Mathematical Culture of Late Renaissance Italy University of Chicago Press 2011 978-0-226-50628-9
2 November – Epifanio Ferdinando, Italian physician (died 1638)
References
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