1653 in science
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The year 1653 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Biology
- Jan van Kessel paints a series of pictures of insects and fruit.[1]
Mathematics
- Blaise Pascal publishes his Traité du triangle arithmétique in which he describes a convenient tabular presentation for binomial coefficients, now called Pascal's triangle.[2]
Physics
- Blaise Pascal publishes his Treatise on the Equilibrium of Liquids in which he explains his law of pressure.[3]
Births
- January 16 â Johann Conrad Brunner, Swiss anatomist (died 1727)[4]
- March 24 â Joseph Sauveur, French mathematician and acoustician (died 1716)[5]
Deaths
- Jan Stampioen, Dutch mathematician (born 1610) (gunpowder explosion)[6]