1570 in science
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The year 1570 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Astronomy
Cartography
- May 20 – Abraham Ortelius publishes Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas, in Antwerp.
Earth sciences
- February 8 – Concepción earthquake (magnitude 8.3) in Chile.
Mathematics
- London haberdasher Henry Billingsley makes the first translation of Euclid's Elements into English (from the Greek), The elements of geometrie of the most ancient philosopher Euclide..., with a preface by John Dee and fold-up diagrams.[1]
Technology
- Giovanni Padovani publishes a detailed treatise on the construction of sundials, Opus de compositione et usu multiformium horologiorum solarium, in Venice.
References
- ↑ Halsted, George Bruce (March 1879). "Note on the First English Euclid". American Journal of Mathematics 2 (1): 46–48. doi:10.2307/2369195.