1612 in science
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The year 1612 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
- The first description of the Andromeda Galaxy based on observations by telescope is given by Simon Marius.[1]
- December 28 â Galileo observes the planet Neptune for the first time when it is in conjunction with Jupiter, but mistakenly catalogues it as a fixed star because of its extremely slow motion along the ecliptic, and it will not be properly identified until 1846.
Medicine
- Santorio Sanctorius puts the thermometer to medical use.[2]
Births
- approx. date â William Gascoigne, English inventor (died 1644)[3]
Deaths
- February â John Gerard, English herbalist (born c. 1545)[4]
- February 6 â Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1537)[5]
- February 12 â Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartographer (born 1563)[6]
- November 20 â Sir John Harington, English inventor (born 1561)[7]