1615 in science
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The year 1615 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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Astronomy
- Johannes Kepler publishes Dissertatio cum Nuncio Sidereo in response to Galileo's discovery of Jupiter's moons.
Mathematics
- Kepler publishes Nova Stereometria (the first book printed in Linz), a significant work in pre-calculus integration.[1]
Natural history
- Posthumous publication in Mexico of Plantas y Animales de la Nueva Espana, y sus virtudes por Francisco Hernandez, y de Latin en Romance por Fr. Francisco Ximenez.
Technology
- The first known solar-activated device, a water pumping machine, is invented by Salomon de Caux.[2]
Births
- Nicasius le Febure, French chemist (died 1669)
- Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician who popularized the analytic geometry of Descartes (died 1660)
Deaths
- February 4 - Giambattista della Porta, Italian physician (born c. 1535)
- May 4 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (born 1561)
- November - Edward Wright, English mathematician (born 1561)
- November 24 - Sethus Calvisius, German musician and astronomer (born 1556)
- Timothy Bright, English physician (born c. 1551)
- Heo Jun, Korean physician (born 1546)
- Giovanni Tommaso Minadoi, Italian historian and physician
References
- ^ Dictionary of Scientific Biography.
- ^ Cleveland, Cutler (2006-08-28). "Caux, Salomon de". The Encyclopedia of Earth. http://www.eoearth.org/article/Caux,_Salomon_de. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
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