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1653 in science
The year
1653 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events.
Biology
Jan van Kessel
paints a series of pictures of insects and fruit.
Mathematics
Blaise Pascal
publishes his
Traité du triangle arithmétique
in which he describes a convenient tabular presentation for
binomial coefficient
s, now called
Pascal's triangle
.
Physics
Blaise Pascal
publishes his
Treatise on the Equilibrium of Liquids
in which he explains
his law of pressure
.
Births
January 16 âÂÂ
Johann Conrad Brunner
,
Swiss
anatomist
(died
1727
)
March 24 âÂÂ
Joseph Sauveur
,
French
mathematician
and
acoustician
(died
1716
)
Deaths
Jan Stampioen
,
Dutch
mathematician (born
1610
) (gunpowder explosion)
References