1592 in science
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The year 1592 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
- November–December - Appearance of the Guest stars observed by Korean astronomers.
Biology
- Prospero Alpini publishes De Plantis Aegypti liber in Venice.
Exploration
- August 9 - English explorer John Davis, commander of the Desire, probably discovers the Falkland Islands.
Mathematics
- Giovanni Antonio Magini publishes De Planis Triangulis, describing use of the quadrant in surveying and astronomy, and Tabula tetragonica.
Physics
- Galileo invents the thermometer.
Technology
- March - Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin perfects the armed turtle ship.
Births
- April 22 - Wilhelm Schickard, German inventor of the first mechanical calculator (died 1635)
Deaths
- May - Sir Thomas Cavendish, English explorer (born 1560)
- Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Spanish explorer and scientist (born 1532)
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