1628 in science
Encyclopedia
The year 1628 in science
and technology
involved some significant events.
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Science
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and technology
Technology
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involved some significant events.
Medicine and physiology
- William HarveyWilliam HarveyWilliam Harvey was an English physician who was the first person to describe completely and in detail the systemic circulation and properties of blood being pumped to the body by the heart...
publishes his findings about blood circulation in Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in AnimalibusExercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in AnimalibusExercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus, is the best-known work of the physician William Harvey. The book was first published in 1628 and established the circulation of the blood. It is a landmark in the history of physiology. Just as important as its substance was its...
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Births
- March 10 - Marcello MalpighiMarcello MalpighiMarcello Malpighi was an Italian doctor, who gave his name to several physiological features, like the Malpighian tubule system.-Early years:...
, Italian physiologist (died 16941694 in scienceThe year 1694 in science and technology involved some significant events.-Botany:* Joseph Pitton de Tournefort publishes Éléments de botanique ou méthode pour reconnaître les plantes....
) - April 23 - Johann van Waveren HuddeJohann van Waveren HuddeJohannes Hudde was a burgomaster of Amsterdam between 1672 – 1703, a mathematician and governor of the Dutch East India Company....
, Dutch mathematician (died 17041704 in scienceThe year 1704 in science and technology involved some significant events.-General:* John Harris publishes the first edition of the Lexicon Technicum, an encyclopedic dictionary of science.-Astronomy:* approx...
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Deaths
- June 8 - Rudolph GocleniusRudolph GocleniusRudolph Göckel or Rudolf Goclenius [the Older] was a German scholastic philosopher, credited with inventing the term psychology .-Life:He was born in Korbach, Waldeck...
, German philosopher and polymathPolymathA polymath is a person whose expertise spans a significant number of different subject areas. In less formal terms, a polymath may simply be someone who is very knowledgeable...
(born 15471547 in scienceThe year 1547 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.-Events:* John Dee visits the Low Countries to study navigation with Gemma Frisius....
) - Yi Su-gwangYi Su-gwangYi Su-gwang , also known as Lee Sugwang, was a Korean sarim, a military official, and a diplomat of the Joseon Dynasty. He was also an academic and an encyclopedist who created Jibong yuseol, the earliest Korean encyclopedia.-Early life:...
, KoreaKoreaKorea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
n scholar-bureaucrat (born 15631563 in scienceThe year 1563 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.-Medicine and physiology:* June–October - Outbreak of bubonic plague in London kills over 20,000....
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