1624 in science
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The year 1624 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- May 25 - The Parliament of England passes the Statute of Monopolies, requiring patent monopolies to show novelty.[1]
- The Parlement of France passes a decree forbidding criticism of Aristotle on pain of death.[2]
[edit] Chemistry
- Cornelius Drebbel makes discoveries concerning gases.[citation needed]
[edit] Mathematics
- Henry Briggs publishes Arithmetica Logarithmica.
- Edmund Gunter produces The description and use of sector, the cross-staffe, and other instruments for such as are studious of mathematical practise, notable for being published in English as a practical text.[3]
[edit] Medicine
- Adriaan van den Spiegel, in De semitertiana libri quatuor, gives the first comprehensive description of malaria.
[edit] Births
- September 10 - Thomas Sydenham, English physician, the first person to recommend the use of quinine for relieving symptoms of malaria (d. 1689)
[edit] Deaths
- Giuseppe Biancani, Italian astronomer (b. 1566)
- December 5 - Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist and physician who developed an important early plant classification system (b. 1560)
- December 26 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (b. 1573)
[edit] References
- ^ Bloxam, G. A. (1957). "Letters Patent for Inventions: their Use and Misuse". Journal of Industrial Economics (Wiley) 5 (3). ISSN 0022-1821.
- ^ "René Descartes". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2009. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/158787/Rene-Descartes/43352/Residence-in-the-Netherlands. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
- ^ Wilson, Robin (2005-11-16). "Who invented the calculus? - and other 17th century topics". London: Gresham College. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/event.asp?PageId=4&EventId=385. Retrieved 2011-06-06.
