1651 in science - Definition and Overview

The year 1651 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed

See also: 1650 in science, other events of 1651, 1652 in science, list of years in science.

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.

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.

Chemistry

• German scientist Johann Glauber publishes Opera omnia chymica (Complete Works of Chemistry) which is a description of different techniques in chemistry.

Births

• William Dampier, English explorer and hydrographic surveyor who circumnavigated the world three times (died 1715)

Deaths