1604 in science

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The year 1604 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Astronomy
2 Exploration
3 Medicine
4 Physics
5 Births
6 Deaths
7 References

Astronomy

October 9 - Supernova 1604, also known as Kepler's Supernova, is observed. As of 2006^[update], this is the last supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.^[1]^[2]

Exploration

France begins settlement in French Guiana.
Russian city of Tomsk founded in Siberia.^[3]

Medicine

Johannes Kepler describes how the eye focuses light.^[4]

Physics

Johannes Kepler specifies the law of rectilinear propagation for light waves.^[4]

Births

probable - Johann Rudolf Glauber, German-born chemical engineer (d. 1670)

Deaths

June 5 - Thomas Muffet, English naturalist and physician (b. 1553)
before August - William Clowes, English surgeon (b. c.1543)
approximate date - Juan Fernández, Spanish explorer (b. c.1536)

References

^ "SN 1604, Kepler's Supernova". http://seds.org/~spider/spider/Vars/sn1604.html. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
^ "Three Great Eyes on Kepler's Supernova Remnant". NASA. http://www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~4~4~12406~114566:Three-Great-Eyes-on-Kepler-s-Supern. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
^ "Tomsk Region". Kommersant. http://www.kommersant.com/t-72/r_5/n_416/Tomsk_Region/. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
^ ^a ^b Astronomiae Pars Optica. Manuscript presented to Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, January 1.