1649 in science
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The year 1649 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Biology
- Publication of John Jonston's Historiae naturalis in Frankfurt begins with De piscibus et cetis.
Technology
- Johann Schröder publishes two methods for the production of elemental Arsenic.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PTgwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA84|page=84|title=A General System of Chemical Knowledge, and Its Application to the Phenomena of Nature and Art|last1=(Comte)|first1=Antoine-François de Fourcroy|year=1804}}
[http://periodic.lanl.gov/33.shtml "Los Alamos Periodic Table - Arsenic"] retrieved March 15, 2014
Mathematics
- Frans van Schooten publishes the first Latin version of René Descartes' La Géométrie. His commentary makes the work understandable to the broader mathematical community. The Latin version also includes Florimond de Beaune's Notes brièves, the first important introduction to Descartes' cartesian geometry.Serfati, M. (2005). René Descartes, Géométrie, Latin Edition (1649), French Edition (1637). In [https://books.google.com/books?id=UdGBy8iLpocC&pg=PA1 Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940] (p. 1). Elsevier.
Events
- The semi-formal Oxford Philosophical Club of natural philosophers begins to meet; it is a predecessor of the Royal Society of London.
Births
- March 3 – John Floyer, English physician (died 1734)
Deaths
- September 6 – Robert Dudley, English-born navigator (born 1574)