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The year 1630 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Astronomy

Mathematics

Microscopy

  • Francesco Stelluti's Persio tradotto in verso schiolto e dichiarato, published in Rome, is the first book to contain images of organisms viewed through the microscope.[2]

Technology

Events

  • The first laws prohibiting gambling in America are passed.

Births

Deaths

References

  1. van Helden, Albert (1976). "The Importance of the Transit of Mercury of 1631". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 7: 1. Bibcode:1976JHA.....7....1V. doi:10.1177/002182867600700101. S2CID 22091697.
  2. Norman, Jeremy. "The First Book to Contain Images of Organisms Viewed through the Microscope (1630)". History of Knowledge. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  3. Richardson, Matthew (2001). The Penguin Book of Firsts. New Delhi: Penguin Books India. ISBN 0-14-302771-9.
  4. L'Anthropologie (in French). Masson. 1894. p. 270.
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