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1658 in science

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The year 1658 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

  • approx. date – Kamalakara compiles his major work, Siddhāntatattvaviveka, in Varanasi.

Life sciences

  • Jan Swammerdam observes red blood cells (in the frog) with the aid of a microscope.
  • Samuel Volckertzoon observes a quokka on Rottnest Island.

Mathematics

  • Christopher Wren gives the first published proof of the arc length of a cycloid.

Publication

  • Posthumous publication of Arzneibüchlein, pharmacopoeia compiled by Anna von Diesbach.

Births

  • March 5 – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (died 1730)
  • April 2 - Pierre Pomet, French pharmacist (died 1699)
  • April 8 - Georges Mareschal, French surgeon (died 1736)
  • unknown date – Nicolas Andry, French physician (died 1742)

Deaths

  • January 9 - Pierre-Jean Fabre, French physician and alchemist (born 1588)
  • October 22 – Charles Bouvard, French herbalist (born 1572)

References

References

  1. "Swammerdam, January (1637–1680)". ''McGraw Hill AccessScience''. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  2. (2002). "Red Gold – Blood History 1000–1699". [[Public Broadcasting Service.
  3. Diesbach (1574-1651), Anna von. (1658). "Arzneibüchlein".
  4. "Pomet, Pierre (1658-1699)". Bibliothèque nationale de France.
  5. "Mareschal, Georges (1658-1736)". Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
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