1661 in science

Overview of the events of 1661 in science

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The year 1661 in science and technology involved some significant events.

## Biology[edit]

* Marcello Malpighi is the first to observe and correctly describe capillaries when he discovers them in a frog's lung.[1]

## Chemistry[edit]

* Robert Boyle's The Sceptical Chymist is published in London.

## Environment[edit]

* John Evelyn's pamphlet Fumifugium is one of the earliest descriptions of air pollution.[2]

## Publications[edit]

* Abraham Cowley's pamphlet The Advancement of Experimental Philosophy.
* Johann Sperling's handbook Zoologia physica (posthumous).

## Births[edit]

* May 3 – Antonio Vallisneri, Italian physician and natural scientist (died 1730)
* December 18 – Christopher Polhem, Swedish scientist and inventor (died 1751)
* Guillaume François Antoine, Marquis de l'Hôpital, French mathematician (died 1704)
* approx. date – Alida Withoos, Dutch botanical artist (died 1730)

## Events[edit]

* Isaac Newton is admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, as a sizar (June)

## Deaths[edit]

* October – Gérard Desargues, French geometer (born 1591)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Cliff, W. J. (1976). Blood Vessels. Cambridge University Press. p. 14\. ISBN 0-521-20753-3.
2. ^ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Cristopher (1995). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-57688-8.

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