1612 in science
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The year 1612 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
- The first description of the Andromeda Galaxy based on observations by telescope is given by Simon Marius.
- December 28 - Galileo observes the planet Neptune for the first time when it is in conjunction with Jupiter, but mistakenly catalogues it as a fixed star because of its extremely slow motion along the ecliptic, and it will not be properly identified until 1846.
[edit] Medicine
- Santorio Sanctorius puts the thermometer to medical use.
[edit] Births
- approx. date - William Gascoigne, English inventor (d. 1644)
[edit] Deaths
- February 12
- Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1537)
- Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartographer (b. 1563)
- November 20 - Sir John Harington, English inventor (b. 1561)
- Jacques de Cahaignes, French physician (b. 1548)
