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1659 in science
The year
1659 in
science
and
technology
involved some significant events.
Astronomy
Christiaan Huygens
publishes
Systema Saturnium
, including the first illustration of the
Orion Nebula
.
Mathematics
First known use of the term
Abscissa
, by
Stefano degli Angeli
.
Swiss
mathematician
Johann Rahn
publishes
Teutsche Algebra,
containing the first printed use of the '
division sign
' (÷, a repurposed
obelus
variant) as a mathematical symbol for
division
and of the '
therefore sign
' (â´).
Medicine
Thomas Willis
publishes
De Febribus
.
Physics
Christiaan Huygens
derives the formula for
centripedal force
.
Births
February 27 âÂÂ
William Sherard
,
English
botanist
(died
1728
)
June 3 âÂÂ
David Gregory
,
Scottish
astronomer
(died
1708
)
Deaths
October 10 âÂÂ
Abel Tasman
,
Dutch
explorer (born
1603
)
References