1663 in science
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Some significant events in science and technology occurred in the year 1663.
Some significant events in science and technology occurred in the year 1663.
Astronomy
Scottish mathematician James Gregory publishes Optica Promota, describing theoretically the Gregorian telescope.
Exploration
March 4 – The Prince Edward Islands in the sub-antarctic Indian Ocean are discovered by Barent Barentszoon Lam of the Dutch ship Maerseveen and named Dina (Prince Edward) and Maerseveen (Marion).
Mathematics
The first book about games of chance, Girolamo Cardano's Liber de ludo aleae ("On Casting the Die"), written in the 1560s, is published.
Meteorology
October 7 – Robert Hooke presents his "Method for making a history of the weather" to the Royal Society of London.
Technology
The earliest known surviving clock with an anchor escapement is made by William Clement in England.
Publications
Robert Boyle publishes Considerations touching the Usefulness of Experimental Natural Philosophy (first part).
Births
August 31 – Guillaume Amontons, French scientific instrument inventor and physicist (died 1705)
Deaths
December 28 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian physicist (born 16181)
References
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