- 1650 in science
The year 1650 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Astronomy
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Ursa Major , the handle's middle star, Mizar, is noted to be a binary star, byGiambattista Riccioli (1598-1671).Exploration
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Botany
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Begonias are first discovered byFrancisco Hernandez .Geology
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Kolumbo underwater volcano in theAegean Sea is discovered when it bursts from the sea and erupts, killing 70 people on a nearby island.Births
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Thomas Savery , English inventor ofsteam engine (d. 1715)Deaths
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February 11 -René Descartes ,mathematician (born1596 )
*Christoph Scheiner , German astronomer who carried out one of the earliest studies of sunspots and made significant improvements to thehelioscope and thetelescope (born1573 )
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