1622 in science
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The year 1622 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Mathematics
- The slide rule is invented by William Oughtred (1574–1660), an English mathematician, and later becomes the calculating tool of choice until the electronic calculator takes over in the early 1970s.[1]
Physiology and medicine
- Gaspare Aselli discovers the lacteal vessels of the lymphatic system.[2][3]
- Flemish anatomist Giulio Casserio publishes Nova anatomia in Frankfurt, containing clear copperplate engravings of the human anatomy.
Technology
- February 22 – An English patent is granted for Dud Dudley's process for smelting iron ore with coke.
Births
- January 28 – Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (died 1691)
- March 10 – Johann Rahn, Swiss mathematician (died 1676)
- April 5 – Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (died 1703)
- undated – Jean Pecquet, French anatomist, discoverer of the thoracic duct (died 1674)
Deaths
- January 23 – William Baffin, English explorer and navigator (born 1584)
- February 19 – Sir Henry Savile, English polymath and benefactor (born 1549)
- April 13 – Katharina Kepler, German healer and mother of Johannes Kepler (born 1546)
- May 15 – Petrus Plancius, Flemish cartographer and cosmographer (born 1552)
References
- ↑ "Oughtred Society Slide Rule History". The Oughtred Society. 2007-09-15. Archived from the original on 21 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-29.
- ↑ De lactibus sive Lacteis venis. Milan. 1627.
- ↑ Premuda, Loris (1970). "Aselli, Gaspare". Dictionary of Scientific Biography 1. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 315–316. ISBN 0-684-10114-9.