1646 in science
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The year 1646 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Technology
- Pascal's law, a law of hydrostatics is developed, stating that, in a perfect fluid, the pressure exerted on it anywhere is transmitted equally.
Publications
- Dr Thomas Browne's Pseudodoxia Epidemica is published in London,[1] introducing the words electricity, medical, pathology, hallucination and computer to the English language and casting doubt on the theory of spontaneous generation.[2]
Births
- April 20 – Charles Plumier, French botanist (died 1704)
- July 1 – Gottfried Leibniz, German scientist and mathematician (died 1716)
Deaths
- November 29 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (born 1565)