1648 in science
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The year 1648 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Exploration
- June–September - Semyon Dezhnyov makes the first recorded voyage through the Bering Strait.[1]
[edit] Natural history
- Willem Piso and Georg Marcgrave's Historia Naturalis Brasiliae is published in the Netherlands.[2]
[edit] Physics
- September 19 - Blaise Pascal's brother-in-law, Florin Périer, demonstrates in an ascent of the Puy-de-Dôme that atmospheric pressure varies with height.[3]
[edit] Technology
- Clear script, used by the Torgut Mongols of Sinkiang, is developed by Zaya Pandita.
[edit] Births
- December 15 - Gregory King, English statistician (d. 1712)
[edit] Deaths
- September 1 - Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (b. 1588)
- November 3 - John Bainbridge, English astronomer (b. 1582)
[edit] References
- ^ Fisher, Raymond H., ed (1981). The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev in 1648. London: Hakluyt Society. ISBN 0904180077.
- ^ Erickson, Robert F. "Willem Piso". Rare Books from the MBG Library. Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.illustratedgarden.org/mobot/rarebooks/author.asp?creator=Piso,%20Willem&creatorID=111. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
- ^ "Lettre de Monsieur Périer à Monsieur Pascal Le Jeune". Blaise sur les traces de Pascal. 1648-09-22. http://lycee.blaisepascal.fr/animation/culturelles/cult_08_09/trace/lettre2.html. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
