Editing 1670 in science (section)

==Earth sciences==
* [[Jean Picard]] calculates the [[Earth radius]] to within 0.44% of the modern value.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Barentine|first1=John C.|title=The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore|date=2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783319227955|page=308|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_7NCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA308}}</ref>
* [[Agostino Scilla]] publishes ''{{lang|it|La vana speculazione disingannata dal senso: lettera risponsiva c. i corpi marini, che petrificati si trovano in varii luoghi terrestri}}'' ("Vain Speculation Undeceived by Sense") in [[Naples]], arguing for an organic origin for fossils.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scilla, Agostino, 1670, La Vana Speculazione. Engraved title page. :: Emblematic Science|url=http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/ref/collection/emblematic/id/62|website=lhldigital.lindahall.org|accessdate=5 April 2018}}</ref>