1661 in science

Biology

• Marcello Malpighi is the first to observe and correctly describe capillaries when he discovers them in a frog's lung.

Chemistry

• Robert Boyle's The Sceptical Chymist is published in London.

Environment

• c. May 1 – John Evelyn's pamphlet Fumifugium is one of the earliest descriptions of air pollution.

Publications

• Abraham Cowley's pamphlet The Advancement of Experimental Philosophy.
• Johann Sperling's handbook Zoologia physica (posthumous).

Births

• May 3 – Antonio Vallisneri, Italian physician and natural scientist (died 1730)
• December 18 – Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (died 1751)
• Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital, French mathematician (died 1704)
• approx. date – Alida Withoos, Dutch botanical artist (died 1730)

Events

• Isaac Newton is admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, as a sizar (June)

Deaths

• October – Gérard Desargues, French geometer (born 1591)

References

References

1. Cliff, W. J.. (1976). "Blood Vessels". Cambridge University Press.
2. (1995). "The London Encyclopaedia". Macmillan.