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1602 in science

List of years in science (table)

The year 1602 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

  • Thomas Blundeville publishes The Theoriques of the Seuen Planets, assisted by Lancelot Browne.[1]

Chemistry

  • Vincenzio Cascarido discovers barium sulfide.[2]
  • Commencement of publication of Theatrum Chemicum, a compendium of European alchemical writings.

Exploration

  • May 15 – Bartolomew Gosnold becomes the first European to discover Cape Cod.
  • Henry Briggs publishes his first mathematical work A Table to find the Height of the Pole, the Magnetical Declination being given in London.

Medicine

  • Felix Plater publishes Praxis medica classifying diseases by their symptoms.

Physics

  • Galileo begins his study of falling bodies.[2]

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Deaths

References

  1. ^ Feingold, Mordechai (1984). The Mathematicians' Apprenticeship: Science, Universities and Society in England, 1560–1640. p. 50.
  2. ^ a b Grun, Bernard (1991). The Timetables of History (3rd ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 269. ISBN 0-671-74919-6.
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