Editing 1608 in science

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The year '''1608 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Technology==
* October 2 – [[Hans Lippershey]] demonstrates the first known [[telescope]] to the government of the [[Dutch Republic]].<ref>{{cite book|authorlink=James Burke (science historian)|first=James|last=Burke|title=Connections|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|page=134|isbn=0-333-24827-9}}</ref>
* The flintlock [[muzzleloader]] is invented; unlike most weapon systems which only lasted a few decades, the flintlock has a long-term impact.
* The manufacture of [[alum]] is invented and successfully practised in England, under the patronage of [[James I of England|King James]], by Lord Sheffield.

==Zoology==
* [[Edward Topsell]]'s [[bestiary]] ''The Historie of Serpents'' is published in London by [[William Jaggard]].

==Births==
* January 28 – [[Giovanni Alfonso Borelli]], Italian scientist (died [[1679 in science|1679]])
* August 4 – [[John Tradescant the younger]], English botanist (died [[1662 in science|1662]])
* October 15 – [[Evangelista Torricelli]], Italian physicist and mathematician (died [[1647 in science|1647]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Evangelista Torricelli – Italian physicist and mathematician|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Evangelista-Torricelli|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=4 April 2018}}</ref>

==Deaths==
* December – [[Oswald Croll]], German chemist and physician (born c1560)

==References==
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