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)