1622 in science

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The year 1622 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Mathematics
2 Physiology and medicine
3 Technology
4 Births
5 Deaths
6 References

Mathematics

The slide rule is invented by William Oughtred (1574-1660), an English mathematician, and later becomes the calculating tool of choice until the electronic calculator takes over in the early 1970s.^[1]

Physiology and medicine

Gaspare Aselli discovers the lacteal vessels of the lymphatic system.^[2]^[3]
Flemish anatomist Giulio Casserio publishes Nova anatomia in Frankfurt, containing clear copperplate engravings of the human anatomy.

Technology

February 22 - An English patent is granted for Dud Dudley's process for smelting iron ore with coke.

Births

January 28 - Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (died 1691)
April 5 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (died 1703)
undated - Jean Pecquet, French anatomist, discoverer of the thoracic duct (died 1674)

Deaths

January 23 - William Baffin, English explorer and navigator (born 1584)
February 19 - Sir Henry Savile, English polymath and benefactor (born 1549)
May 15 - Petrus Plancius, Flemish cartographer and cosmographer (born 1552)

References

^ "Oughtred Society Slide Rule History". The Oughtred Society. 2007-09-15. http://www.oughtred.org/history.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
^ De lactibus sive Lacteis venis. Milan. 1627.
^ Premuda, Loris (1970). "Aselli, Gaspare". Dictionary of Scientific Biography. 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 315–316. ISBN 0684101149.