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* [[Jan Swammerdam]] observes [[red blood cell]]s (in the [[frog]]) with the aid of a [[microscope]].<ref>"Swammerdam, January (1637–1680)". ''McGraw Hill AccessScience''. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-27.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/redgold/history/timeline2.html|title=Red Gold – Blood History 1000–1699|publisher=[[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]|year=2002|accessdate=2011-10-28}}</ref> | * [[Jan Swammerdam]] observes [[red blood cell]]s (in the [[frog]]) with the aid of a [[microscope]].<ref>"Swammerdam, January (1637–1680)". ''McGraw Hill AccessScience''. 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-27.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/redgold/history/timeline2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020804000330/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/redgold/history/timeline2.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 4, 2002|title=Red Gold – Blood History 1000–1699|publisher=[[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]|year=2002|accessdate=2011-10-28}}</ref> | ||
* Samuel Volckertzoon observes a [[quokka]] on [[Rottnest Island]]. | * Samuel Volckertzoon observes a [[quokka]] on [[Rottnest Island]]. | ||
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The year 1658 in science and technology involved some significant events.
Astronomy
- approx. date – Kamalakara compiles his major work, Siddhāntatattvaviveka, in Varanasi.
Life sciences
- Jan Swammerdam observes red blood cells (in the frog) with the aid of a microscope.[1][2]
- Samuel Volckertzoon observes a quokka on Rottnest Island.
Mathematics
- Christopher Wren gives the first published proof of the arc length of a cycloid.
Publication
Births
- March 5 – Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (died 1730)
- April 2 - Pierre Pomet, French pharmacist (died 1699)[4]
- April 8 - Georges Mareschal, French surgeon (died 1736)[5]
- unknown date – Nicolas Andry, French physician (died 1742)
Deaths
- January 9 - Pierre-Jean Fabre, French physician and alchemist (born 1588)
- October 22 – Charles Bouvard, French herbalist (born 1572)