1661 in science

none thumb | right | alt=Vallisnieri, Antonio (1661-1730) | Vallisnieri, Antonio (1661-1730) 1661 science 1661 The year 1661 in science and technology involved some significant events. Biology Marcello Malpighi is the first to observe and correctly describe capillaries when he discovers them in a frog's lung.Blood Vessels Cliff W. J. 1976 Cambridge University Press 0-521-20753-3 14 Chemistry Robert Boyle's The Sceptical Chymist is published in London. Environment c. May 1 – John Evelyn's pamphlet Fumifugium is one of the earliest descriptions of air pollution.The London Encyclopaedia Ben Weinreb Cristopher Hibbert Macmillan 1995 0-333-57688-8 Publications Abraham Cowley's pamphlet The Advancement of Experimental Philosophy. Johann Sperling's handbook Zoologia physica (posthumous). Births May 3 – Antonio Vallisneri, Italian physician and natural scientist (died 1730) June 7 – Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital, French mathematician (died 1704) December 18 – Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (died 1751) approx. date – Alida Withoos, Dutch botanical artist (died 1730) Events Isaac Newton is admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, as a sizar (June) Deaths October – Gérard Desargues, French geometer (born 1591) References Category:17th century in science Category:1660s in science