Editing 1613 in science

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The year '''1613 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* [[Galileo Galilei]] publishes ''[[Letters on Sunspots]]'', the first major work on the topic.

==Paleontology==
* Bones, probably of an elephant, are found in France but at first interpreted to belong to a giant human.

==Technology==
* September 29 – The [[New River (London)|New River]] (engineered by Sir [[Hugh Myddelton]]) is opened to supply [[London]] with drinking water from [[Hertfordshire]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/243|url-access=registration|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/243 243–248]}}</ref>

==Births==
* March 6 – [[Stjepan Gradić]], [[Republic of Ragusa|Ragusa]]n [[polymath]] (died [[1683 in science|1683]])
* September 25 – [[Claude Perrault]], [[French people|French]] [[architect]] and [[physicist]] (died [[1688 in science|1688]])

==Deaths==
* June 16 – [[Jakob Christmann]], [[German people|German]] [[Oriental studies|orientalist]] and [[astronomer]] (born [[1554 in science|1554]])
* July 2 – [[Bartholomaeus Pitiscus]], German [[Trigonometry|trigonometrist]] (born [[1561 in science|1561]])
* August 25 – [[David Gans]], [[German Jewish]] [[mathematician]] and astronomer (born [[1541 in science|1541]])
* [[Mathew Baker (shipwright)|Mathew Baker]], [[English people|English]] [[shipwright]] (born [[1530 in science|1530]])
* [[Johann Bauhin]], [[Swiss people|Swiss]] [[physician]] and [[botanist]] (born 1541)
* [[Jacques Guillemeau]], French [[surgeon]] (born [[1550 in science|1550]])

==References==
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