Editing 1680 in science (section)

==Chemistry==
* 30 September – [[Robert Boyle]] reports to the [[Royal Society]] of London his manufacture of [[phosphorus]]. He uses it to ignite sulfur-tipped wooden splints, forerunners of the [[match]].<ref>{{cite book|first=N. C.|last=Datta|title=The Story of Chemistry|publisher=Universities Press|year=2005|page=74}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Metabolism of the Anthroposphere|first1=Peter|last1=Baccini|first2=Paul H.|last2=Brunner|publisher=MIT Press|year=2012|isbn=978-0262300544|page=288}}</ref>