1644 in science

none 1644 science 1644 The year 1644 AD in science and technology involved several significant events in mathematics, technology, and medicine. Mathematics The Basel problem is posed by Pietro Mengoli, and will puzzle mathematicians until solved by Leonhard Euler in 1735.Sandifer C. Edward How Euler Did It 2007 MAA 9780883855638 205 https://books.google.com/books?id=sohHs7ExOsYC&pg=PA205 en Technology Jacob van Eyck collaborates with the bellfounding duo Pieter and François Hemony to create the first tuned carillon in Zutphen.Lehr André The Art of the Carillon in the Low Countries Tielt, Belgium Lannoo 1991 90-209-1917-2 Publications Jan Baptist van Helmont publishes Dageraad ofte Nieuwe Opkomst der Geneeskunst ("Daybreak, or the New Rise of Medicine"). Births 25 September – Ole Rømer, Danish astronomer who makes the first quantitative measurements of the speed of light (died 1710)Ole Rømer - Danish astronomer https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ole-Romer Encyclopedia Britannica 3 April 2018 en Deaths 2 July – William Gascoigne, English scientist (born 1610)Vaquero J. M. Vázquez M. The Sun Recorded Through History 2009 Springer Science & Business Media 9780387927909 236 https://books.google.com/books?id=iWkyiEeiyksC&pg=PA236 en 30 December – Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (born 1580)Jan Baptista van Helmont - Belgian scientist https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jan-Baptista-van-Helmont Encyclopedia Britannica 3 April 2018 en References Category:1644 Category:17th century in science Category:1640s in science