1649 in science

The year 1649 in science and technology involved some significant events.

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Biology

• Publication of John Jonston's Historiae naturalis in Frankfurt begins with De piscibus et cetis.

Technology

• Johann Schröder publishes two methods for the production of elemental Arsenic.[1][2]

Mathematics

• Frans van Schooten publishes the first Latin version of René Descartes' La Géométrie. His commentary makes the work understandable to the broader mathematical community. The Latin version also includes Florimond de Beaune's Notes brièves, the first important introduction to Descartes' cartesian geometry.[3]

Events

• The semi-formal Oxford Philosophical Club of natural philosophers begins to meet; it is a predecessor of the Royal Society of London.

Births

• March 3 – John Floyer, English physician (died 1734)

Deaths

• September 6 – Robert Dudley, English-born navigator (born 1574)

References

1. (Comte), Antoine-François de Fourcroy (1804). A General System of Chemical Knowledge, and Its Application to the Phenomena of Nature and Art. p. 84.
2. "Los Alamos Periodic Table - Arsenic" retrieved March 15, 2014
3. Serfati, M. (2005). René Descartes, Géométrie, Latin Edition (1649), French Edition (1637). In Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940 (p. 1). Elsevier.