1627 in science explained

The year 1627 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

• Johannes Kepler's Rudolphine Tables are published.^[1]

Exploration

• January – The Dutch ship 't Gulden Zeepaert, skippered by François Thijssen, sails along the south coast of Australia.^[2]

Medicine

• Adriaan van den Spiegel's Latin: De humani corporis fabrica is published posthumously in Venice with illustrations by Giulio Casserio.^[3]
• Gaspare Aselli's Latin: De lactibus sive lacteis venis is published posthumously in Milan.^[4]

Publications

• Francis Bacon's Latin: Sylva Sylvarum, or A Natural History and New Atlantis are published posthumously.^[5]

Births

• January 25 – Robert Boyle, Anglo-Irish chemist (died 1691)^[6]
• November 29 – John Ray, English naturalist (died 1705)^[7]

Deaths

• February 22 – Olivier van Noort Dutch circumnavigator (born 1558)^[8]
• July 20 – Guðbrandur Þorláksson, Icelandic mathematician and cartographer (born 1541)^[9]
• October 21 – Frederick de Houtman, Dutch explorer (born 1571)^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rudolphine Tables - astronomy. Encyclopedia Britannica. 3 April 2018. en.
2. Book: Australia on the Map, 1606-2006: Ages 11. 2005. R.I.C. Publications. 9781741263596. 30. en.
3. Web site: Historical Anatomies on the Web: Speigel & Casseri:: Author & Title Description. www.nlm.nih.gov. 3 April 2018.
4. Web site: Gaspare Aselli - Italian physician. Encyclopedia Britannica. 3 April 2018. en.
5. Web site: Collection Highlight: Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum. rbscp.lib.rochester.edu. 3 April 2018. en.
6. Web site: January 25 : Anglo-Irish chemist Robert Boyle was born on this day in 1627. www.rsc.org. 3 April 2018. en.
7. Web site: John Ray. www.ucmp.berkeley.edu. 3 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180316193902/http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/ray.html. 16 March 2018. dead.
8. Book: Long. Isaac Le. Kabinet van Nederlandsche en Kleefsche oudheden. 1793. by J.A. Crajenschot. 416. nl.
9. Book: Roiss. Silvia. Gil. Carlos Fortea. En las vertientes de la traducción e interpretación del/al alemán. 2011. Frank & Timme GmbH. 9783865963260. 185. es.
10. Web site: Lohuizen. J. Van. Houtman, Frederik de (1571–1627). Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. 3 April 2018.