In 1602 , various scientific and technological events took place, some of which are presented below.
| 1602 year in science |
|---|
| 1592 • 1593 • 1594 • 1595 • 1596 • 1597 • 1598 |
| 1599 • 1600 • 1601 • 1602 • 1603 • 1604 • 1605 |
| 1606 • 1607 • 1608 • 1609 • 1610 • 1611 • 1612 |
| Other events in 1602 |
Content
- 1 Events
- 2 Publications
- 3 born
- 4 passed away
- 5 notes
- 6 See also
Events
- Galileo Galilei began the study of pendulums (see Galileev trigger mechanism of a watch ).
- The alchemist Vincentio Casciorolo first obtained barium sulfide from barite [1] .
Publications
- The English mathematician Henry Briggs published his first work: “ A Table to find the Height of the Pole, the Magnetical Declination being given ”.
- Felix Plater began the publication of a three-volume textbook “ Doctors ' Medicine” ( lat. Praxeos medicae opus ) with a detailed classification of diseases according to their symptoms [2] .
Born
- See also: Category: Born in 1602
- March 18 - Jacques de Billy , French mathematician and astronomer, teacher and friend of Bachet de Meziriac , a decisive opponent of astrology (died in 1679 ).
- May 2 - Athanasius Kircher , German universal scientist (died in 1680 ).
- August 8 - Gilles Roberval , French mathematician (died in 1675 ).
- November 20 - Otto von Guericke , a German physicist who became famous for experiments with atmospheric pressure (died in 1686 ).
Died
- See also: Category: Deaths in 1602
- July 28 - , Danish physicist, propagandist of the ideas of Paracelsus (born in 1542 ).
Notes
- ↑ Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History. - 3rd. - New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991 .-- P. 269. - ISBN 0-671-74919-6 .
- ↑ 1812 Chalmers' Biography / P / Felix Plater (1536–1614), vol. 25, p. 37 .
See also
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