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1 Anatomy

• Jean Pecquet publishes Experimenta nova anatomica which includes his findings on the lymphatic system

• William Harvey describes organ formation in the developing embryo in De Generatione .

2 Astronomy

• William Gilbert's A New Philosophy of Our Sublunar World is published posthumously. It theorises that the fixed stars are not all the same distance from Earth, and that the force of magnetism holds the planets in orbit around the Sun.

• Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli publishes a map of the Moon. It gives names to many features which are still used today.

3 Chemistry

• German scientist Johann Glauber publishes Opera omnia chymica (Complete Works of Chemistry) which is a description of different techniques in chemistryChemistry is the science of matter and its interactions with energy (see physics, biology). Because of the diversity of matter (which is mostly atomic), Chemists are often engaged in the pursuit of studying how atoms interact to form molecules, and how mo.

4 Births

• William DampierWilliam Dampier ( August, 1651 March, 1715) was a controversial English explorer, sea captain, and scientific observer. He was the first Englishman to explore or map parts of New Holland ( Australia) and New Guinea. Dampier was born near Yeovil. After var, English explorer and hydrographic surveyor who circumnavigated the world three times (died 1715The year 1715 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. See also 1714 in science, other events of 1715, 1716 in science and the list of years in science. Births Deaths October 15 Humphry Ditton, English mathematician ()

5 Deaths