- 1647 in science
The year 1647 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Technology
* The heights of mountains began to be measured by using a
barometer to gauge pressure at various elevations.Astronomy
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Johannes Hevelius publishes the first comparatively detailed map of theMoon in his "Selenographia".Births
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April 2 -Maria Sybilla Merian , German biologist and entomologist who studied the life cycles of butterflies (died 1717)
*Denis Papin , French physicist and technologist (died c1712)Deaths
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Evangelista Torricelli , Italian physicist and mathematician (born 1608)
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