1667 in science

none 1667 science 1667 The year 1667 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy June 24 – The site of the Paris Observatory is located on the Paris Meridian. Chemistry Johann Joachim Becher originates what will become known as phlogiston theory in his Physical Education.Bowler Peter J. Making modern science: A historical survey https://books.google.com/books?id=-V9jM4FkUacC 2005 University of Chicago Press 60 9780226068602 History and philosophy of science Thomas Sprat publishes The History of the Royal-Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge. Mathematics James Gregory demonstrates the transcendence of π.Matthew Richardson The Penguin Book of Firsts 2001 Penguin Books India New Delhi 0-14-302771-9 184 Physiology and medicine June 15 – Jean-Baptiste Denys performs the first blood transfusion from a lamb into a boy. Robert Hooke demonstrates that the alteration of the blood in the lungs is essential for respiration. Thomas Willis publishes Pathologicae Cerebri, et nervosi generis specimen. Publications thumb|Elementorum myologiae specimen, 1669 Nicolas Steno publishes Elementorum Myologiae Specimen, seu Musculi Descriptio Geometrica. Cui accedunt canis carchariae dissectum caput, et dissectus piscis ex canum genere in Florence, providing a foundation for the study of muscle mechanics, the ovary (based on his dissection of dogfish), and the sedimentary theory of geology.Nicolaus Steno (Niels Stensen) and Erasmus Bartholinus: two 17th century Danish scientists and the foundation of exact geology and crystallography Axel Garboe Copenhagen Reitzel 1954 Births April 29 (bapt.) – John Arbuthnot, Scottish-born polymath (died 1735) May 2 – Jacob Christoph Le Blon, German inventor of four-colour printing (died 1741) May 26 – Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (died 1754) July 27 – Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (died 1748) Deaths April 3 – Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester, English inventor (born 1601?) April 10 – Jan Marek Marci, Bohemian physician (born 1595) June 5 – Grégoire de Saint-Vincent, Flemish mathematician (born 1584) probable date – Peter Mundy, English traveller (born c. 1596) References Category:17th century in science Category:1660s in science