1577 in science
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The year 1577 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
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[edit] Astronomy
- The Istanbul observatory of Taqi al-Din is completed.
- The Great Comet of 1577 is seen. Tycho Brahe is able to discover from his observations that comets and similar objects travel above the Earth's atmosphere.[1]
[edit] Mechanics
- Guidobaldo del Monte, Marchese del Monte, publishes Mechanicorum Liber in Pisa.
[edit] Technology
- English race-built galleon Revenge launched at the Royal Dockyard, Deptford, by Master Shipwright Mathew Baker.[2]
[edit] Births
- October 3 - Fortunio Liceti, Italian Aristotelian scientific polymath (d. 1657)
[edit] Deaths
- Adam von Bodenstein, Swiss alchemist and physician (b. 1528)
[edit] References
- ^ "The comet of 1577". Archived from the original on 29 April 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070429183515/http://www.rundetaarn.dk/engelsk/observatorium/komet.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-25.
- ^ Barratt, John (2001). "The Revenge". MilitaryHistoryOnline. http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/renaissance/revenge/revenge.aspx. Retrieved 2011-08-08.