1623 In Science
The year 1623 in science and technology involved some significant events. Astronomy * July 16 – Great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, the closest together the two planets come until 2020. Biology * Apple orchard at Grönsö Manor in Sweden planted; it will still be productive into the 21st century. Psychology * Erotomania is first mentioned in a psychiatric treatise. Technology * Wilhelm Schickard draws a calculating clock on a letter to Kepler. This will be the first of five unsuccessful attempts at designing a ''direct entry'' Mechanical calculator, calculating clock in the 17th century (including the designs of Tito Livio Burattini, Tito Burattini, Samuel Morland and René Grillet de Roven, René Grillet). Births * June 19 – Blaise Pascal, French people, French mathematician and physicist (died 1662 in science, 1662) * July 12 – Elizabeth Walker (pharmacist), Elizabeth Walker, English people, English pharmacist (died 1690 in science, 1690) * August 26 – Johann ...
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