1606 in science

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The year 1606 CE in science and technology consisted of many events, some of which are listed below.

See also: 1605 in science, other events of 1606, 1607 in science, and the list of years in science.

Contents 1 Exploration 2 Physics 3 Births 4 Deaths

[edit] Exploration

• Pedro Fernández de Quirós discovered the islands which he named Austrialia del Espiritu Santo (now Vanuatu).
• Luis Váez de Torres is the first European to sail through the Torres Strait.

[edit] Physics

• At about this time, Galileo Galilei invented a thermometer based on the expansion of gas.

[edit] Births

• Edmund Castell - Linguist (died 1685)

[edit] Deaths

• Girolamo Mercuriale - Italian physician and historian