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1630
The year 1630 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
Following his recently completed Rudolphine Tables, Kepler predicts a transit of Mercury on 7 November 1631 and a transit of Venus on 6 December 1631. He writes an "admonition" to astronomers to prepare for observations on these dates, which is published after his death by Jacob Bartsch.The Importance of the Transit of Mercury of 1631 van Helden Albert Journal for the History of Astronomy 7 1 1976 10.1177/002182867600700101 1976JHA.....7....1V 22091697
Mathematics
Pierre de Fermat studies the curve later known as the "Witch of Agnesi".
Microscopy
Francesco Stelluti's la Persio tradotto in verso schiolto e dichiarato, published in Rome, is the first book to contain images of organisms viewed through the microscope.Jeremy Norman The First Book to Contain Images of Organisms Viewed through the Microscope (1630) History of Knowledge http://www.historyofinformation.com/expanded.php?id=3854 2014-12-02
Technology
Cornelius Drebbel produces an early form of magic lantern or slide projector.Matthew Richardson The Penguin Book of Firsts 2001 Penguin Books India New Delhi 0-14-302771-9
Events
The first laws prohibiting gambling in America are passed.
Births
July 19 – François Cureau de La Chambre, French physician (died 1680)https://books.google.com/books?id=ktNVifjcOcAC&pg=PA269 L'Anthropologie 1894 Masson. 270 fr
September 13 – Olof Rudbeck, Swedish physiologist (died 1702)
October – Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (died 1677)
possible date – Johann Kunckel, German chemist (died 1703)
Deaths
November 15 – Johannes Kepler, astronomer (born 1571)
Federico Cesi, founder of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, in Rome, Italy (born 1586)
Johannes Schreck (also known as Johannes Terrenz or Terrentius), explorer (born 1576)
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