1612 in science

The year 1612 in science and technology involved some significant events.

A 1612 method of observation of the sun

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Astronomy

• The first description of the Andromeda Galaxy based on observations by telescope is given by Simon Marius.^[1]
• December 28 – Galileo observes the planet Neptune for the first time when it is in conjunction with Jupiter, but mistakenly catalogues it as a fixed star because of its extremely slow motion along the ecliptic, and it will not be properly identified until 1846.

Medicine

• Santorio Sanctorius puts the thermometer to medical use.^[2]

Births

• approx. date – William Gascoigne, English inventor (died 1644)^[3]

Deaths

• February – John Gerard, English herbalist (born c. 1545)^[4]
• February 6 – Christopher Clavius, German mathematician and astronomer (born 1537)^[5]
• February 12 – Jodocus Hondius, Flemish cartographer (born 1563)^[6]
• November 20 – Sir John Harington, English inventor (born 1561)^[7]