1622 in science
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The year 1622 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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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)
- April 5 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (died 1703)
- undated - Jean Pecquet, French anatomist, discoverer of the thoracic duct (died 1674)
Deaths
- January 23 - William Baffin, English explorer and navigator (born 1584)
- February 19 - Sir Henry Savile, English polymath and benefactor (born 1549)
- May 15 - Petrus Plancius, Flemish cartographer and cosmographer (born 1552)
References
- ^ "Oughtred Society Slide Rule History". The Oughtred Society. 2007-09-15. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071221021607/http://www.oughtred.org/history.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
- ^ De lactibus sive Lacteis venis. Milan. 1627.
- ^ Premuda, Loris (1970). "Aselli, Gaspare". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 315–316. ISBN 0-684-10114-9.
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