In 1663 , various scientific and technological events took place, some of which are presented below.
| 1663 in science |
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| 1653 • 1654 • 1655 • 1656 • 1657 • 1658 • 1659 |
| 1660 • 1661 • 1662 • 1663 • 1664 • 1665 • 1666 |
| 1667 • 1668 • 1669 • 1670 • 1671 • 1672 • 1673 |
| Other events in 1663 |
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Events
- On November 20, the Inquisition introduced six works of Pascal in the Index of Prohibited Books [1] .
- Robert Hook Admitted to the Royal Society of London ..
- The German physicist Otto von Guericke invented one of the first electrostatic generators producing electricity by friction - a ball of sulfur rubbed by hands [2] .
Publications
- The posthumously published treatise The Book of Dice ( Latin: Liber de ludo aleae ) by the Italian mathematician Gerolamo Cardano , written back in 1526, made a great contribution to the emerging theory of probability [3] .
- The Scottish astronomer and mathematician James Gregory, in his Optica Promota treatise, first described in detail the structure of a telescope reflector of its own design (the Gregory telescope). He made no attempt to construct the apparatus he described theoretically; The working “Gregory reflector” was implemented by Robert Hook in 1673, when the Newton reflector ( 1668 ) was already widely known [4] .
Born
- See also: Category: Born in 1663
- August 31 - Guillaume Amonton , French physicist and inventor, author of Amonton's law , one of the authors of the idea of absolute zero temperature , which he estimated as equal to minus 239.8 ° C (died in 1705 ) [5] .
Died
- See also: Category: Deaths in 1663
- December 28 - Francesco Maria Grimaldi , Italian physicist, who discovered the diffraction and interference of light [6] (born in 1618 ).
Notes
- ↑ From the papal Index of Banned Books
- ↑ Temples Yu. A. Otto von Guericke // Physicists: Biographical Reference / Ed. A.I. Akhiezer . - Ed. 2nd, rev. and add. - M .: Nauka , 1983 .-- S. 80-81. - 400 p. - 200,000 copies. (per.)
- ↑ Maistrov L.E. Probability Theory. Historical background. - Μ .: Nauka, 1967. - S. 23-31. - 321 p.
- ↑ Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Young Astronomer. - 2nd ed. - M .: Pedagogy, 1986. - S. 234—235. - 336 p.
- ↑ Temples Yu. A. Amonton Guillaume // Physicists: Biographical Reference / Ed. A.I. Akhiezer . - Ed. 2nd, rev. and add. - M .: Nauka , 1983 .-- S. 14. - 400 p. - 200,000 copies. (per.)
- ↑ Physico-mathesis de lumine, coloribus, et iride, aliisque adnexis .
See also
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