1617 in science

Overview of the events of 1617 in science

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The year 1617 in science and technology involved some significant events.

## Astronomy

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* Johannes Kepler begins to publish his Epitome astronomiæ Copernicanæ setting out his theory of elliptic orbits.

## Mathematics

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* Napier's Bones, a multiplication device invented by John Napier (who dies on April 4), is described in his Rabdologiæ, published in Edinburgh.
* Henry Briggs publishes Logarithmorum Chilias Prima, a modification of Napier's logarithms into common logarithms.[1]

## Medicine

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* The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London is granted a royal charter, separating it from the Grocers.

## Births

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* July 13 (bapt.) – Ralph Cudworth, Cambridge Platonist (died 1688).

## Deaths

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* January 29 – William Butler, Irish|Irish alchemist (at sea) (born c. 1534).
* February 6 – Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (born 1553).
* February 11 – Giovanni Antonio Magini, Italian astronomer (born 1555).
* April 4 – John Napier of Merchiston, mathematician (born 1550).
* May 7 – David Fabricius, Frisian astronomer (born 1564).
* December – William Butler, English physician (born 1535).

## References

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1. ^ "Henry Briggs". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2014-09-25.

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