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The year '''1642 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events. |
The year '''1642 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events. |
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* 19-year-old [[Blaise Pascal]] begins to develop the [[Pascaline]], the first practical [[mechanical calculator]], initially to help with the recording of taxes.<ref>{{cite book|title=Histoire des instruments et machines à calculer: trois siècles de mécanique pensante 1642-1942|first=Jean|last=Marguin|year=1994|location=Paris|publisher=Hermann|isbn=978-2-7056-6166-3|page=48}}</ref> |
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* The [[Pascaline]], one of the earliest mechanical devices for calculating, is invented by [[Blaise Pascal]] to help with the recording of taxes. |
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==Exploration== |
==Exploration== |
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* November 24 - [[Abel Tasman]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[List of explorers|explorer]], sights [[Tasmania]], which he names [[Van Diemen's Land|Anthoonij van Diemenslandt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-ra265-s97|title=Isaac Gilsemans Original Chart of the Discovery of Tasmania, 24 Nov. to 5 Dec. 1642|publisher=[[National Library of Australia]]|accessdate=2011-05-19}}</ref> |
* November 24 - [[Abel Tasman]], [[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[List of explorers|explorer]], sights [[Tasmania]], which he names [[Van Diemen's Land|Anthoonij van Diemenslandt]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-ra265-s97|title=Isaac Gilsemans Original Chart of the Discovery of Tasmania, 24 Nov. to 5 Dec. 1642|publisher=[[National Library of Australia]]|accessdate=2011-05-19}}</ref> |
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==Technology== |
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==Births== |
==Births== |
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* December 25 ([[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) - [[Isaac Newton]], polymath (d. [[1727 in science|1727]]) |
* December 25 ([[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) - [[Isaac Newton]], [[English people|English]] [[polymath]] (d. [[1727 in science|1727]]) |
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==Deaths== |
==Deaths== |
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* January 8 - [[Galileo Galilei]], [[astronomer]] (b. [[1564 in science|1564]]) |
* January 8 - [[Galileo Galilei]], [[Italian people|Italian]] [[astronomer]] (b. [[1564 in science|1564]]) |
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==References== |
==References== |
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The year 1642 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Computing
- 19-year-old Blaise Pascal begins to develop the Pascaline, the first practical mechanical calculator, initially to help with the recording of taxes.[1]
Exploration
- November 24 - Abel Tasman, Dutch explorer, sights Tasmania, which he names Anthoonij van Diemenslandt.[2]
Technology
- The printmaking process of mezzotint is developed by Ludwig von Siegen.
Births
- December 25 (OS) - Isaac Newton, English polymath (d. 1727)
Deaths
- January 8 - Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer (b. 1564)
References
- ^ Marguin, Jean (1994). Histoire des instruments et machines à calculer: trois siècles de mécanique pensante 1642-1942. Paris: Hermann. p. 48. ISBN 978-2-7056-6166-3.
- ^ "Isaac Gilsemans Original Chart of the Discovery of Tasmania, 24 Nov. to 5 Dec. 1642". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 2011-05-19.