1626 in science
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The year 1626 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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- April 9 - Francis Bacon, English philosopher and a founder of modern scientific research ( born 1561 )
- October 30 - Willebrord Snellius, Dutch mathematician and physicist who devised the basic law of refraction, known as Snell's law (born 1581)
- December 10 - Edmund Gunter, English mathematician (born 1581)
