1505 in science explained

The year 1505 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed below.

Biology

• approx. date – Leonardo da Vinci produces his Codex on the Flight of Birds.^[1]

Exploration

• Portuguese reach the Comoros archipelago.
• Bermuda is discovered by Spanish explorer Juan de Bermúdez.^[2]
• 1505 or 1506 – Portuguese explorer Gonçalo Álvares is the first to sight what will later be known as Gough Island.

Mathematics

• Scipione del Ferro solves the depressed cubic equation.^[3]

Mineralogy

• Ulrich Rülein von Calw publishes ("A well-ordered and useful little book about how to seek and find mines") in Augsburg, the first scientific treatment of mining in Germany.

Technology

• First known reference to a wheellock gun.

Births

• May 20 – Levinus Lemnius, Dutch physician (d. 1568)
• Giovan Battista Bellaso, Italian cryptologist

Deaths

• Gabriele Zerbi, Veronese gerontologist (b. 1445; sawn in half by disaffected sons of a deceased patient)

Notes and References

1. Book: Pedretti, Carlo. A Chronology of Leonardo Da Vinci's Architectural Studies after 1500. Geneva. E. Droz. 1962. 37.
2. Book: Morison, Samuel. The European Discovery of America: The Southern Voyages, 1492–1616. registration. Oxford University Press. 1974.
3. Book: Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. 3rd. New York. Simon & Schuster. 1991. 0-671-74919-6. 225. registration.