1680 in science
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The year 1680 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
- 14 November NS – Great Comet of 1680 observed by Gottfried Kirch, the first comet discovered by telescope.[1]
Biology
- English comparative anatomist Edward Tyson publishes Phocæna, or The anatomy of a porpess, dissected at Gresham Colledge, concluding that the porpoise is a mammal.
- Robert Morison publishes Plantarum Historiae Universalis Oxoniensis, Pars Secunda, seu Herbarum Distributio Nova per Tabulas Cognationis et Affinitatis ex Libro Naturae observata et detecta, utilising his method of taxonomy.[2]
Physics
- 8 July – Robert Hooke observes the nodal patterns associated with the vibrations of glass plates.[3][4]
Births
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Deaths
- 17 February – Jan Swammerdam, Dutch naturalist, founder of both comparative anatomy and entomology (born 1637)
