- 1660 in science
The year 1660 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Technology
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Physics
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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
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February 19 -Friedrich Hoffmann , physician and chemist (died1742 in science )
*April 16 -Hans Sloane , British collector and physician (died1753 in science )
*Edward Lhuyd , Welsh naturalist (died1709 in science )Deaths
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May 29 -Frans van Schooten , Dutch mathematician who is most known for popularizing theanalytic geometry ofRené Descartes (born1615 in science )
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