1622 in science explained

The year 1622 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Mathematics

• The slide rule is invented by William Oughtred (1574–1660), an English mathematician, and later becomes the calculating tool of choice until the electronic calculator takes over in the early 1970s.^[1]

Physiology and medicine

• Gaspare Aselli discovers the lacteal vessels of the lymphatic system.^{[2] [3]}
• Flemish anatomist Giulio Casserio publishes Nova anatomia in Frankfurt, containing clear copperplate engravings of the human anatomy.

Technology

• February 22 – An English patent is granted for Dud Dudley's process for smelting iron ore with coke.

Births

• January 28 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (died 1691)
• March 10 – Johann Rahn, Swiss mathematician (died 1676)
• April 5 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (died 1703)
• undated – Jean Pecquet, French anatomist (died 1674)^[4]

Deaths

• January 23 – William Baffin, English explorer and navigator (born 1584)
• February 19 – Sir Henry Savile, English polymath and benefactor (born 1549)
• April 13 – Katharina Kepler, German healer and mother of Johannes Kepler (born 1546)
• May 15 – Petrus Plancius, Flemish cartographer and cosmographer (born 1552)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oughtred Society Slide Rule History. The Oughtred Society. 2007-09-15. 2007-12-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20071221021607/http://www.oughtred.org/history.shtml. 21 December 2007 .
2. Book: De lactibus sive Lacteis venis. 1627. Milan.
3. Encyclopedia: Premuda. Loris. Aselli, Gaspare. Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 1. 315–316. Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1970. 0-684-10114-9.
4. Book: Bergman . Ronald A. . Afifi . Adel K. . ANATOMY: An encyclopedic reference to the language of anatomy and neuroanatomy. It provides the fascinating origin of terms and biographies of anatomists/physicians who originated them. . 2016 . Outskirts Press . 9781478758211 . 247 . en.