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.
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[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)
