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* First recorded use of the word ''[[Chemistry]]'' ("Chymistrie") in [[English language|English]], in [[Thomas Tymme]]'s ''The Practice of Chymicall and Hermeticall Physicke'', translated from [[Joseph Duchesne]].<ref>{{cite web|title=chemistry, ''n''.|work=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] online version|publisher=Oxford University Press |url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/31274?redirectedFrom=Chemistry#footerWrapper|accessdate=2011-11-02 |date=September 2011}} {{OEDsub}}</ref> |
* First recorded use of the word ''[[Chemistry]]'' ("Chymistrie") in [[English language|English]], in [[Thomas Tymme]]'s ''The Practice of Chymicall and Hermeticall Physicke'', translated from [[Joseph Duchesne]].<ref>{{cite web|title=chemistry, ''n''.|work=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] online version|publisher=Oxford University Press |url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/31274?redirectedFrom=Chemistry#footerWrapper|accessdate=2011-11-02 |date=September 2011}} {{OEDsub}}</ref> |
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* The phenomenon of [[mechanoluminescence]] is first discovered by Sir [[Francis Bacon]] from scratching [[sugar]] with a knife. |
* The phenomenon of [[mechanoluminescence]] is first discovered by Sir [[Francis Bacon]] from scratching [[sugar]] with a knife. |
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* [[Michal Sedziwój]] publishes the alchemical treatise ''A New Light of Alchemy'' which proposes the existence of the "food of life" within air, much later recognized as [[oxygen]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sedziwój, Michal|work=infopoland: Poland on the Web|publisher=University at Buffalo|url=http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/web/sci_health/science/scientists/sedziwoj/link.shtml|accessdate=2007-02-22}}</ref> |
* [[Michal Sedziwój]] publishes the alchemical treatise ''A New Light of Alchemy'' which proposes the existence of the "food of life" within air, much later recognized as [[oxygen]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sedziwój, Michal |work=infopoland: Poland on the Web |publisher=University at Buffalo |url=http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/web/sci_health/science/scientists/sedziwoj/link.shtml |accessdate=2007-02-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902171948/http://info-poland.buffalo.edu/web/sci_health/science/scientists/sedziwoj/link.shtml |archivedate=2006-09-02 |df= }}</ref> |
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==Technology== |
==Technology== |
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The year 1605 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Exploration
- Habitation at Port-Royal established by France under Pierre Dugua, Sieur de Mons, the first European colonization of Nova Scotia in North America (at this time part of Acadia); the Gregorian calendar is adopted.
Chemistry
- First recorded use of the word Chemistry ("Chymistrie") in English, in Thomas Tymme's The Practice of Chymicall and Hermeticall Physicke, translated from Joseph Duchesne.[1]
- The phenomenon of mechanoluminescence is first discovered by Sir Francis Bacon from scratching sugar with a knife.
- Michal Sedziwój publishes the alchemical treatise A New Light of Alchemy which proposes the existence of the "food of life" within air, much later recognized as oxygen.[2]
Technology
- Chartreuse is invented, a liqueur still made by Carthusian monks, named for the great charterhouse (la grande Chartreuse).
Births
- October 19 – Thomas Browne, English physician and encyclopedist (died 1682)
- Martin van den Hove, Dutch astronomer (died 1639)
- approx. date – Semyon Dezhnyov, Pomor navigator (died 1672)
Deaths
- May 4 – Ulisse Aldrovandi, Bolognese naturalist (born 1522)
- December 29 – John Davis, English explorer (born 1550)
- Roger Marbeck, English royal physician (born 1536)
References
- ^ "chemistry, n". Oxford English Dictionary online version. Oxford University Press. September 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-02. (subscription or participating institution membership required)
- ^ "Sedziwój, Michal". infopoland: Poland on the Web. University at Buffalo. Archived from the original on 2006-09-02. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
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