1680 in science

Astronomy

• 14 November NS – Great Comet of 1680 observed by Gottfried Kirch, the first comet discovered by telescope.

Biology

• English comparative anatomist Edward Tyson publishes Phocæna, or The anatomy of a porpess, dissected at Gresham Colledge, concluding that the porpoise is a mammal.
• Robert Morison publishes Plantarum Historiae Universalis Oxoniensis, Pars Secunda, seu Herbarum Distributio Nova per Tabulas Cognationis et Affinitatis ex Libro Naturae observata et detecta, utilising his method of taxonomy.

Chemistry

• 30 September – Robert Boyle reports to the Royal Society of London his manufacture of phosphorus. He uses it to ignite sulfur-tipped wooden splints, forerunners of the match.

Physics

• 8 July – Robert Hooke observes the nodal patterns associated with the vibrations of glass plates.

Births

Main article: births in 1680

Deaths

• 17 February – Jan Swammerdam, Dutch naturalist, founder of both comparative anatomy and entomology (born 1637)
• 22 March – François Cureau de La Chambre, French physician (born 1630)
• Marie Meurdrac, French chemist and alchemist (born 1610)

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