1647 in science explained

The year 1647 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

• Johannes Hevelius publishes the first comparatively detailed map of the Moon in his Selenographia (Danzig).^[1]

Births

• January 17 – Elisabeth Hevelius, Danzig astronomer (died 1693)^[2]
• March 20 – Jean de Hautefeuille, French inventor (died 1724)^[3]
• April 2 – Maria Sybilla Merian, German lepidopterist (died 1717)^[4]
• August 22 – Denis Papin, French physicist (died c. 1712)^[5]
• December 7 – Giovanni Ceva, Italian mathematician (died 1734)

Deaths

• March 29 – Charles Butler, English beekeeper (born 1560)^[6]
• October 8 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (born 1562)^[7]
• October 25 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608)^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Astronomical Images: Image database. www.astronomicalimages.group.cam.ac.uk. 4 April 2018. 4 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180404201233/http://www.astronomicalimages.group.cam.ac.uk/database/entry.php?entry_id=487. dead.
2. Cook. A.. Johann and Elizabeth Hevelius, astronomers of Danzig. 10824438. Endeavour. 24. 1. 8–12. 2000. 10.1016/s0160-9327(99)01263-6.
3. Web site: Jean de Hautefeuille (1647-1724). data.bnf.fr. 4 April 2018.
4. Web site: Maria Sibylla Merian – Life, Facts, & Works. Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 April 2018.
5. Robinson. H. W.. Denis Papin (1647-1712). 531177. Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 47–50. 1947. 5. 1. 10.1098/rsnr.1947.0007.
6. Book: Mabbe. James. James Mabbe, The Spanish Bawd. 2013. MHRA. 9781907322099. 10.
7. Web site: Christen Sørensen Longomontanus. Worldcat. 4 April 2018.
8. Web site: Evangelista Torricelli – Italian physicist and mathematician. Encyclopædia Britannica. 4 April 2018.