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The year 1647 in science and technology consisted of many events, some of which are listed below.

1 Astronomy

Johannes Hevelius publishes the first comparatively detailed map of the Moon in his Selenographia

2 Births

April 2 - Maria Sibylla Merian , German biologist and entomologist who studied the life cycles of butterflies (died 1717)
Denis Papin, French physicist and technologist (died c 1712)

3 Deaths

Evangelista Torricelli, Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608)

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1647 in scienceThe year 1647 in science and technology consisted of many events, some of which are listed below. See also 1646 in science, other events of 1647, 1648 in science, and the list of years in science. Astronomy Johannes Hevelius publishes the first comparativ

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