The year 1658 in science and technology involved some significant events.
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Astronomy edit
- approx. date – Kamalakara compiles his major work, Siddhāntatattvaviveka, in Varanasi.
Life sciences edit
- Jan Swammerdam observes red blood cells (in the frog) with the aid of a microscope.[1][2]
- Samuel Volckertzoon observes a quokka on Rottnest Island.
Mathematics edit
- Christopher Wren gives the first published proof of the arc length of a cycloid.
Publication edit
Births edit
- March 5 – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (died 1730)
- April 2 - Pierre Pomet, French pharmacist (died 1699)[4]
- April 8 - Georges Mareschal, French surgeon (died 1736)[5]
- unknown date – Nicolas Andry, French physician (died 1742)
Deaths edit
- January 9 - Pierre-Jean Fabre, French physician and alchemist (born 1588)
- October 22 – Charles Bouvard, French herbalist (born 1572)
References edit
- ^ "Swammerdam, January (1637–1680)". McGraw Hill AccessScience. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ^ "Red Gold – Blood History 1000–1699". PBS. 2002. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
- ^ Diesbach (1574-1651), Anna von (1658). "Arzneibüchlein". Retrieved 2021-02-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Pomet, Pierre (1658-1699)". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- ^ "Mareschal, Georges (1658-1736)". catalogue.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Retrieved 6 February 2021.