1621 in science
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The year 1621 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Astronomy
- Johann Schreck (1576-1630), also known as Johannes Schreck, Terrenz or Terrentius, introduces the telescope to China.[1]
[edit] Botany
- The University of Oxford Botanic Garden, the oldest botanical garden in Great Britain, is founded as a physic garden by Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby.[2]
[edit] Medicine
- Robert Burton publishes his treatise The Anatomy of Melancholy.
[edit] Physics
- Willebrord Snellius formulates Snell's law on refraction.
[edit] Technology
- A simple microscope is developed.
- Cornelius Vermuyden begins reclamation of Canvey Island in England.
[edit] Births
- January 27 - Thomas Willis, English physician who contributes to knowledge of the nervous and cardiovascular systems (d. 1675)
[edit] Deaths
- July 2 - Thomas Harriot, English ethnographer, astronomer and mathematician (b. c.1560)
- Jan Jesenius, Slovak physician (b. 1566)
[edit] References
- ^ "Johannes Schreck-Terrentius Constantiensis: Wissenschaftler und Chinamissionar". HWTG Konstanz. http://ausstellungen.bibliothek.htwg-konstanz.de/china/03_johannes_schreck1.htm.
- ^ "A History of The Gardens". The University of Oxford Botanic Garden. http://www.botanic-garden.ox.ac.uk/Garden/History%20Sub/obg-history-1.html. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
