Editing 1647 in science (section)

==Births==
* January 17 – [[Elisabeth Hevelius]], Danzig [[astronomer]] (died [[1693 in science|1693]])<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Cook|first1=A.|title=Johann and Elizabeth Hevelius, astronomers of Danzig|pmid=10824438|journal=Endeavour|volume=24|issue=1|pages=8–12|date=2000|doi=10.1016/s0160-9327(99)01263-6}}</ref>
* March 20 – [[Jean de Hautefeuille]], French inventor (died [[1724 in science|1724]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Jean de Hautefeuille (1647-1724)|url=http://data.bnf.fr/13007786/jean_de_hautefeuille/|website=data.bnf.fr|accessdate=4 April 2018}}</ref>
* April 2 – [[Maria Sybilla Merian]], German [[lepidopterist]] (died [[1717 in science|1717]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Maria Sibylla Merian – Life, Facts, & Works|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maria-Sibylla-Merian|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=4 April 2018}}</ref>
* August 22 – [[Denis Papin]], French [[physicist]] (died c. [[1712 in science|1712]])<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Robinson|first1=H. W.|title=Denis Papin (1647-1712)|jstor=531177|journal=Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London|pages=47–50|date=1947|volume=5|issue=1|doi=10.1098/rsnr.1947.0007|doi-access=}}</ref>
* December 7 – [[Giovanni Ceva]], Italian [[mathematician]] (died [[1734 in science|1734]])