1643 in science
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The year 1643 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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[edit] Technology
- A microscope was developed by Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), a Dutch textile businessman and self-taught scientist.
[edit] Exploration
- January 21 - Abel Tasman discovers the Tonga archipelago.
[edit] Meteorology
- Evangelista Torricelli invents the mercury barometer.
[edit] Births
- January 4 - Sir Isaac Newton, English physicist (died 1727)
[edit] Deaths
- November 3 - John Bainbridge, astronomer (born 1582)
- November 3 - Paul Guldin, mathematician and astronomer (born 1577)
