1624 in science

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The year 1624 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Contents

1 Events
2 Chemistry
3 Mathematics
4 Medicine
5 Births
6 Deaths
7 References

Events

May 25 - The Parliament of England passes the Statute of Monopolies, requiring patent monopolies to show novelty.^[1]
The Parlement of France passes a decree forbidding criticism of Aristotle on pain of death.^[2]

Chemistry

Cornelius Drebbel makes discoveries concerning gases.

Mathematics

Henry Briggs publishes Arithmetica Logarithmica.
Edmund Gunter produces The description and use of sector, the cross-staffe, and other instruments for such as are studious of mathematical practise, notable for being published in English as a practical text.^[3]

Medicine

Adriaan van den Spiegel, in De semitertiana libri quatuor, gives the first comprehensive description of malaria.

Births

September 10 - Thomas Sydenham, English physician, the first person to recommend the use of quinine for relieving symptoms of malaria (d. 1689)

Deaths

Giuseppe Biancani, Italian astronomer (b. 1566)
December 5 - Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist and physician who developed an important early plant classification system (b. 1560)
December 26 - Simon Marius, German astronomer (b. 1573)

References

^ Bloxam, G. A. (1957). "Letters Patent for Inventions: their Use and Misuse". Journal of Industrial Economics (Wiley) 5 (3). ISSN 0022-1821.
^ "René Descartes". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2009. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/158787/Rene-Descartes/43352/Residence-in-the-Netherlands. Retrieved 2009-10-11.
^ Wilson, Robin (2005-11-16). "Who invented the calculus? - and other 17th century topics". London: Gresham College. http://www.gresham.ac.uk/event.asp?PageId=4&EventId=385. Retrieved 2011-06-06.