1554 in science

none 1554 science 1554 The year 1554 CE in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. Astronomy Flemish astronomer Johannes Stadius' first published work, Ephemerides novae at auctae, appears in Cologne Biology Bolognese naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi creates a herbarium.Bernard Grun The Timetables of History 3rd New York Simon & Schuster 1991 0-671-74919-6 245 registration https://archive.org/details/timetablesofhist1991grun Flemish herbalist Rembert Dodoens publishes his herbal Cruydt-Boeck in Antwerp.Rembert Dodoens: iets over zijn leven en werk — Dodoens' werken 2005-12-20 Plantaardigheden—Project Rembert Dodoens/Rembertus Dodonaeus Dutch ... het Cruijdeboeck, dat in 1554 verscheen. Dit meesterwerk was na de bijbel in die tijd het meest vertaalde boek. Het werd gedurende meer dan een eeuw steeds weer heruitgegeven en gedurende meer dan twee eeuwen was het het meest gebruikte handboek over kruiden in West-Europa. Het is een werk van wereldfaam en grote wetenschappelijke waarde. De nieuwe gedachten die Dodoens erin neerlegde, werden de bouwstenen voor de botanici en medici van latere generaties. (... the Cruijdeboeck, published in 1554. This masterpiece was, after the Bible, the most translated book in that time. It continued to be republished for more than a century and for more than two centuries it was the mostly used referential about herbs. It is a work with world fame and great scientific value. The new thoughts written down by Dodoens, became the building bricks for botanists and physicians of later generations.) Stichting Kruidenhoeve/Plantaardigheden Balkbrug http://plantaardigheden.nl/dodoens/over_dodoens/leven_en_werk.htm#dodoens 2011-11-27 The guinea pig is first described in the West by Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner.Historiae animalium, Liber II: De quadrupedibus oviparis. Gmelig-Nijboer C. A. Conrad Gessner's "Historia Animalum": an Inventory of Renaissance Zoology 1977 Krips Repro B.V. 69–70 French physician Guillaume Rondelet begins publication of Libri de piscibus marinis in Lyon, a standard work on marine zoology. Hippolito Salviani begins publication of Aquatilium animalium historiae in Rome, a foundation of modern ichthyology. French anatomist Charles Estienne publishes a collection of tracts on agriculture, Praedium Rusticum. Exploration November – English captain John Lok voyages to Guinea.A general history and collection of voyages and travels 7 Robert Kerr Robert Kerr (writer) Edinburgh Blackwood 1824 229 https://books.google.com/books?id=T-BCAAAAcAAJ&q=Lok+Guinea+1554&pg=PA229 2011-11-27 French Franciscan voyager André Thévet publishes his account of an embassy to Constantinople in Cosmographie de Levant (Lyon). Metallurgy Spanish merchant Bartolomé de Medina introduces the patio process, using mercury amalgamation to extract silver from ore, in Pachuca, New Spain (Mexico).Alan Probert Bartolomé de Medina: The Patio Process and the Sixteenth Century Silver Crisis Bakewell, Peter Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas Variorum Brookfield 1997 96 Physics Venetian mathematician Giambattista Benedetti publishes two editions of Demonstratio proportionum motuum localium, developing his new doctrine of the speed of bodies in free fall. Technology Completion of the Church of Sant'Andrea in Via Flaminia, Rome, designed by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, the first church of the Italian Renaissance to have an elliptical dome.Cuevas Del Barrio Javier La evolución de las iglesias de planta ovalada. Hipótesis para la planta de San Carlo alle Quatro Fontane Boletín de Arte 2007 28 105–126 http://www.historiadelartemalaga.es/files/28008.pdf 2010-12-02 Departamento de Historia del Arte, Universidad de Málaga Spanish 0211-8483 Sant’Andrea in via Flaminia es la primera iglesia de planta oval que realiza Vignola. La construyó mientras trabajaba en la cercana villa Giulia y se terminó en 1554. June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes Births March 22 – Catherine de Parthenay, French noblewoman and mathematician (died 1631) November – Jakob Christmann, German orientalist and astronomer (died 1613) Probable date James Lancaster, English navigator (died 1618) Walter Ralegh, English explorer (died 1618)http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23039?docPos=1 Ralegh, Sir Walter (1554–1618) Nicholls Mark Williams, Penry 2004 2011-11-28 10.1093/ref:odnb/23039 9780198614111 Deaths February 21 – Hieronymus Bock, German botanist (born 1498) September 22 – Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, Spanish conquistador (born c. 1510) Tan Yunxian, Chinese physician (born 1461) unknown date – Sir Hugh Willoughby, English explorer (in the Arctic Sea)James McDermott Willoughby, Sir Hugh (d. 1554?) 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29599 2011-11-28 10.1093/ref:odnb/29599 References Category:1554 Category:16th century in science Category:1550s in science