1660 in science - Definition and Overview

The year 1660 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.

See also: 1659 in science, other events of 1660, 1661 in science and the list of years in science.

Physics

• Robert Boyle publishes his work on the properties of air, which includes his discovery, Boyle's law, which describes the inverse relationship between volume and pressure in a gas.

Births

• February 19 - Friedrich Hoffmann, physician and chemist (died 1742)
• April 16 - Hans Sloane, British collector and physician (died 1753)
• Edward Llwyd, Welsh naturalist (died 1709)

Deaths

• May 29 - Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician who is most known for popularizing the analytic geometry of René Descartes (born 1615)