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The year 1647 in science and technology involved some significant events.

## Astronomy[edit]

* Johannes Hevelius publishes the first comparatively detailed map of the Moon in his Selenographia (Danzig).[1]

## Births[edit]

* January 17 – Elisabeth Hevelius, Danzig astronomer (died 1693)[2]
* March 20 – Jean de Hautefeuille, French inventor (died 1724)[3]
* April 2 – Maria Sybilla Merian, German lepidopterist (died 1717)[4]
* August 22 – Denis Papin, French physicist (died c. 1712)[5]
* December 7 – Giovanni Ceva, Italian mathematician (died 1734)

## Deaths[edit]

* March 29 – Charles Butler, English beekeeper (born 1560)[6]
* October 8 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (born 1562)[7]
* October 25 – Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608)[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Astronomical Images: Image database". www.astronomicalimages.group.cam.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
2. ^ Cook, A. (2000). "Johann and Elizabeth Hevelius, astronomers of Danzig". Endeavour. 24 (1): 8–12. doi:10.1016/s0160-9327(99)01263-6. PMID 10824438.
3. ^ "Jean de Hautefeuille (1647-1724)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
4. ^ "Maria Sibylla Merian – Life, Facts, & Works". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
5. ^ Robinson, H. W. (1947). "Denis Papin (1647-1712)". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 5 (1): 47–50. doi:10.1098/rsnr.1947.0007. JSTOR 531177.
6. ^ Mabbe, James (2013). James Mabbe, The Spanish Bawd. MHRA. p. 10\. ISBN 9781907322099.
7. ^ "Christen Sørensen Longomontanus". Worldcat. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
8. ^ "Evangelista Torricelli – Italian physicist and mathematician". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

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