- 1606 in science
The year 1606 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Exploration
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Pedro Fernández de Quirós discovers the islands which he names " _es. Austrialia del Espiritu Santo" (nowVanuatu ).
*Luis Váez de Torres is the firstEurope an to sail through theTorres Strait .Physics
*At about this time,
Galileo Galilei invented athermometer based on the expansion of gas.Births
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Edmund Castell - Linguist (died1685 )Deaths
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Girolamo Mercuriale - Italianphysician andhistorian
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