1670 in science
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The year 1670 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Botany
- John Ray publishes Catalogus plantarum Angliæ, the basis of all later floras of England.[1]
- The predecessor of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is opened as a physic garden by Drs Robert Sibbald and Andrew Balfour in Holyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland.[2]
Earth sciences
- Jean Picard calculates the Earth radius to within 0.44% of the modern value.[3]
- Agostino Scilla publishes La vana speculazione disingannata dal senso: lettera risponsiva c. i corpi marini, che petrificati si trovano in varii luoghi terrestri ("Vain Speculation Undeceived by Sense") in Naples, arguing for an organic origin for fossils.[4]
Technology
- The first longcase clock is built in England by William Clement.[5]
Births
- February 25 – Maria Margarethe Kirch born Winckelmann, German astronomer (died 1720)[6]
Deaths
- March 10 – Johann Rudolf Glauber, German chemist (born 1604)[7]
- May 21 – Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer (born 1586)[8]