1592 in science

none 1592 science 1592 The year 1592 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy November–December – Appearance of the Guest stars observed by Korean astronomers. Biology Prospero Alpini publishes De Plantis Aegypti liber in Venice. Geography August 9 – English explorer John Davis, commander of the Desire, probably discovers the Falkland Islands. An abridgement of Muhammad al-Idrisi's 12th-century geographical compilation is published as De geographia universali or Kitāb Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī dhikr al-amṣār wa-al-aqṭār wa-al-buldān wa-al-juzur wa-al-madā’ in wa-al-āfāq in Rome. Mathematics March 14 – Ultimate 'Pi Day': the largest correspondence between calendar dates and significant digits of pi since the introduction of the Julian calendar.February 2026 Giovanni Antonio Magini publishes De Planis Triangulis, describing use of the quadrant in surveying and astronomy, and la Tabula tetragonica. Physics Galileo invents the thermometer.Thermometer https://www.britannica.com/technology/thermometer Encyclopedia Britannica 3 April 2018 en Technology March – Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin perfects the armed turtle ship. Institutions Trinity College Dublin is established. Births April 22 – Wilhelm Schickard, German inventor of the first mechanical calculator (died 1635) Deaths May – Sir Thomas Cavendish, English explorer (born 1560) October 14 - Urbain Hémard, French physician and dentist (born circa 1548)Pierre Lançon Du bistouri à l'action politique : le destin mouvementé du chirurgien ruthénois Urbain Hémard (vers 1548-1592) Actes de la Société française d'histoire de l'art dentaire 2012 17 17-23 https://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/sfhad/wp-content/uploads/ACTES/RODEZ-2012/2012_05.pdf 4 March 2021 fr Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Spanish explorer and scientist (born 1532) References Category:1592 Category:16th century in science Category:1590s in science