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1619 in science
The year
1619 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events.
Astronomy
Publication of
Johannes Kepler
's
third law of planetary motion
in his
Harmonices Mundi
. He also recognises the duality of convex polyhedra.
Publication of the
Jesuit
Giuseppe Biancani
's
Sphaera mundi, seu cosmographia demonstrativa, ac facili methodo tradita
in
Bologna
.
Biochemistry
Lactose
is discovered by
Fabriccio Bartoletti
; the word
lactose
comes from the Latin word
lac
which means "milk".
Exploration
In
North America
, the
Churchill River
is discovered by Danish explorer
Jens Munk
, and it will be used for over 100 years as a trading route of the
Hudson's Bay Company
from their fort at its mouth to the interior.
Frederick de Houtman
and
Jans van Edel
discover the
Houtman Abrolhos
islands.
Medicine
Dermod O'Meara
's text on
genetic disorder
s,
De Moribus: Pathologia Haereditaria Generalis
is published in
Dublin
, the first medical text published in
Ireland
.
Metallurgy
Sir Basil Brooke produces
steel
using a
reverbatory furnace
in
Coalbrookdale
,
England
.
Births
probable date
âÂÂ
Daniel Whistler
,
English
physician
(died
1684
)
Deaths
May 21 âÂÂ
Hieronymus Fabricius
,
Italian
anatomist
and
embryologist
(born
1537
)
September âÂÂ
Hans Lippershey
,
Dutch
lens
maker, credited with inventing the telescope in
1608
(born c.
1570
)
Olivier de Serres
,
French
soil scientist (born
1539
)
Caterina Vitale
, Maltese chemist (born
1566
)
References