1577 in science
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The year 1577 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
Astronomy
- The Istanbul observatory of Taqi al-Din is completed.
- The Great Comet of 1577 is seen. Tycho Brahe is able to discover from his observations that comets and similar objects travel above the Earth's atmosphere.[1]
Mechanics
- Guidobaldo del Monte, Marchese del Monte, publishes Mechanicorum Liber in Pisa.
Medicine
- Publication of John Frampton's Ioyfull newes out of the newe founde worlde, wherein is declared the rare and singular vertues of diuerse and sundrie hearbes, trees, oyles, plantes, and stones, with their applications, as well for phisicke as chirurgerie, an English translated from Nicolás Monardes' Historia medicinal de las cosas que se traen de nuestras Indias Occidentales (1565).
Technology
- English race-built galleon Revenge launched at the Royal Dockyard, Deptford, by Master Shipwright Mathew Baker.[2]
Births
- October 3 – Fortunio Liceti, Italian Aristotelian scientific polymath (died 1657)
Deaths
- Pietro Andrea Mattioli, Italian physician and botanist (born 1501)
- Adam von Bodenstein, Swiss alchemist and physician (born 1528)
References
- ↑ "The comet of 1577". Archived from the original on 29 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-25.
- ↑ Barratt, John (2001). "The Revenge". MilitaryHistoryOnline. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
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