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1617 in science

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The year 1617 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

Johannes Kepler begins to publish his Epitome astronomiæ Copernicanæ setting out his theory of elliptic orbits.

Mathematics

Napier's Bones, a multiplication device invented by John Napier (who dies on April 4), is described in his Rabdologiæ, published in Edinburgh.
Henry Briggs publishes Logarithmorum Chilias Prima, a modification of Napier's logarithms into common logarithms.

Medicine

The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London is granted a royal charter, separating it from the Grocers.

Births

July 13 (bapt.) – Ralph Cudworth, Cambridge Platonist (died 1688).

Deaths

January 29 – William Butler, Irish alchemist (at sea) (born c. 1534).
February 6 – Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (born 1553).
February 11 – Giovanni Antonio Magini, Italian astronomer (born 1555).
April 4 – John Napier of Merchiston, mathematician (born 1550).
May 7 – David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer (born 1564).
December – William Butler, English physician (born 1535).

References

"Henry Briggs". [[Encyclopædia Britannica]].

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