1622 in science

none 1622 science 1622 The year 1622 in science and technology involved some significant events. Mathematics The slide rule is invented by William Oughtred (1574–1660), an English mathematician, and later becomes the calculating tool of choice until the electronic calculator takes over in the early 1970s.Oughtred Society Slide Rule History http://www.oughtred.org/history.shtml The Oughtred Society 2007-09-15 2007-12-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20071221021607/http://www.oughtred.org/history.shtml 21 December 2007 Physiology and medicine Gaspare Aselli discovers the lacteal vessels of the lymphatic system.De lactibus sive Lacteis venis 1627 MilanPremuda Loris Aselli, Gaspare Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1 315–316 Charles Scribner's Sons New York 1970 0-684-10114-9 Flemish anatomist Giulio Casserio publishes Nova anatomia in Frankfurt, containing clear copperplate engravings of the human anatomy. Technology February 22 – An English patent is granted for Dud Dudley's process for smelting iron ore with coke. Births January 28 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (died 1691) March 10 – Johann Rahn, Swiss mathematician (died 1676) April 5 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (died 1703) undated – Jean Pecquet, French anatomist (died 1674)Bergman Ronald A. Afifi Adel K. ANATOMY: An encyclopedic reference to the language of anatomy and neuroanatomy. It provides the fascinating origin of terms and biographies of anatomists/physicians who originated them. 2016 Outskirts Press 9781478758211 247 https://books.google.com/books?id=t3OhDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA247 en Deaths January 23 – William Baffin, English explorer and navigator (born 1584) February 19 – Sir Henry Savile, English polymath and benefactor (born 1549) April 13 – Katharina Kepler, German healer and mother of Johannes Kepler (born 1546) May 15 – Petrus Plancius, Flemish cartographer and cosmographer (born 1552) References Category:1622 Category:17th century in science Category:1620s in science