- 1610 in science
The year 1610 in
science andtechnology involved some significant events.Astronomy
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Galileo Galilei publishes his initial telescopic observations in a short treatise entitled "Sidereus Nuncius " (Sidereal Messenger). In the same year he discovers Jupiter's four largest satellites (moons): Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.
*Johannes Fabricius is the first to observesunspot s bytelescope .
* TheOrion Nebula is discovered byNicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc .Technology
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Jean Beguin publishes "Tyrocinium Chymicum ", first lecture book aboutchemistry .
*Tinsel is invented by a German silversmith, who uses realsilver for the metal strands.
*Bagel s are created inKrakow, Poland and given as gifts to women after childbirth.Births
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March 1 -John Pell , English mathematician (died1685 )
* William Gascoigne, scientist.Deaths
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December 31 -Ludolph van Ceulen , German mathematician (born1540 )
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