1614 in science
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The year 1614 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Mathematics
- Scottish mathematician John Napier publishes Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Descriptio ("Description of the Admirable Table of Logarithms"), outlining his discovery of logarithms and incorporating the decimal mark.[1] Astronomer Johannes Kepler soon begins to employ logarithms in his description of the Solar System.
Medicine
- Felix Plater gives a description of Dupuytren's contracture.[2]
- Sanctorius publishes De statica medicina, which will go through five editions in the following century.
Births
- February 14 – Bishop John Wilkins, English natural philosopher, co-founder of the Royal Society (died 1672)
Deaths
- July 28 – Felix Plater, Swiss physician (born 1536)
- Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Portuguese-born navigator (born 1565)
- William Lee, English-born inventor (born c. 1563)