- 1609 in science
The year 1609 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Astronomy
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Johannes Kepler publishes his first two laws of planetary motion.Technology
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Cornelius Drebbel invents thethermostat .Publications
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Johannes Kepler publishes "Astronomia Nova", with his first two laws of planetary motion.
*Hugo Grotius - "Mare liberum".Births
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June 29 -Pierre Paul Riquet , French engineer and canal builder (died1680 )
*October 8 - John Clarke, English physician (died 1676)Deaths
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Oswald Croll , German chemist and physician (born c1560 )
*Charles de L'Ecluse , (or Clusius), French botanist who published one of the earliest known books on Spanish flora (born1525 )
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