1620 in science

In 1620 , various scientific and technological events took place, some of which are presented below.

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The Dutch engineer Cornelius Drebbel built and tested (in London) the world's first operational submarine made of leather-covered wood ^[1] .

Copernicus ’s book , “ On the Rotation of the Celestial Spheres, ” banned by the Catholic Church in 1616 , was edited by experts from the Congregation Index of Forbidden Books . Alterations were made in nine places where the Earth’s motion was referred to as a real fact (and not as a mathematical device), after which the book was recognized as authorized for reading provided that the indicated “corrections” were made to the text. Nevertheless, the book of Copernicus remained in the Index of Prohibited Books and was removed from there only in 1835 ^[2] :
The founder of empiricism, Francis Bacon, published his main work, the treatise The New Organon . He described a new understanding of the scientific method, relying on inductive knowledge, won many followers and had a significant impact on the further development of science and philosophy ^[3] .
Posthumously published the fundamental geographical atlas " Atlante geografico d'Italia ", prepared by Giovanni Antonio Magini .

See also: Category: Born in 1620

July 21 - Jean Picard , French astronomer and surveyor, student of Gassendi and his successor at the College de France (died in 1682 ).
September 25 - Francois Bernier , French historian, doctor, and traveler (died in 1688 ).
(?) - Edm Marriott , French physicist, co-author of the Boyle Law - Marriott (died in 1684 ).
(?) - Nicholas Mercator , a German mathematician, one of the first researchers to infinite series (died in 1687 ).
(?) - William Brauncker , Irish mathematician, first president of the Royal Society of London (died in 1684 ).
(?) - Robert Morison , a Scottish biologist and taxonomist (died in 1683 ).

See also: Category: Deaths in 1620

May 16 - William Adams , English navigator and the first Japanese samurai of European descent (born in 1564 ).
(?) - Simon Stevin , Flemish engineer and mathematician, propagator of the decimal system (born in 1548 ).

↑ Davis, RH Deep Diving and Submarine Operations. - 6th. - Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey: Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd , 1955. - P. 693.
↑ Dmitriev I.S. Stubborn Galileo. - M .: New Literary Review , 2015 .-- S. 172, 177 onwards. - 848 s. - ISBN 978-5-4448-0238-0 .
↑ http://terme.ru/termin/novyi-organon.html The New Organon, or True Directions for the Interpretation of Nature.]