1647 in science

Overview of the events of 1647 in science

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1647 in science
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The year 1647 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

Johannes Hevelius publishes the first comparatively detailed map of the Moon in his Selenographia (Danzig).^[1]

March 29 – Charles Butler, English beekeeper (born 1560)^[6]
October 8 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (born 1562)^[7]
October 25 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608)^[8]

^ "Astronomical Images: Image database". www.astronomicalimages.group.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ Cook, A. (2000). "Johann and Elizabeth Hevelius, astronomers of Danzig". Endeavour. 24 (1): 8–12. doi:10.1016/s0160-9327(99)01263-6. PMID 10824438.
^ "Jean de Hautefeuille (1647-1724)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ "Maria Sibylla Merian – Life, Facts, & Works". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ Robinson, H. W. (1947). "Denis Papin (1647-1712)". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 5 (1): 47–50. doi:10.1098/rsnr.1947.0007. JSTOR 531177.
^ Mabbe, James (2013). James Mabbe, The Spanish Bawd. MHRA. p. 10. ISBN 9781907322099.
^ "Christen Sørensen Longomontanus". Worldcat. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ "Evangelista Torricelli – Italian physicist and mathematician". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 April 2018.