1675 in science

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The year 1675 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

March 4 - John Flamsteed appointed as "astronomical observator", in effect, the first Astronomer Royal of England.^[1]^[2]
Giovanni Cassini discovers Saturn's Cassini Division.

February 28 - Guillaume Delisle, French scientist, one of the founders of modern geography (died 1726)

^ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 191–192. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
^ Willmoth, Frances (2004). "Flamsteed, John (1646–1719)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9669. Retrieved 2011-02-04. Subscription or UK public library membership required
^ Headland, Robert (1992). The Island of South Georgia (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521424747.