Editing 1649 in science

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The year '''1649 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Biology==
* Publication of [[John Jonston]]'s ''Historiae naturalis'' in [[Frankfurt]] begins with ''De piscibus et cetis''.

==Technology==
* [[Johann Schröder (physician)|Johann Schröder]] publishes two methods for the production of elemental [[Arsenic]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PTgwAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA84|page=84|title=A General System of Chemical Knowledge, and Its Application to the Phenomena of Nature and Art|last1=(Comte)|first1=Antoine-François de Fourcroy|year=1804}}</ref><ref>
[http://periodic.lanl.gov/33.shtml "Los Alamos Periodic Table - Arsenic"] retrieved March 15, 2014</ref>

==Mathematics==
* [[Frans van Schooten]] publishes the first Latin version of [[René Descartes]]' ''[[La Géométrie]]''. His commentary makes the work understandable to the broader mathematical community. The Latin version also includes [[Florimond de Beaune]]'s ''Notes brièves'', the first important introduction to Descartes' [[cartesian geometry]].<ref>Serfati, M. (2005). René Descartes, ''Géométrie'', Latin Edition (1649), French Edition (1637). In ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=UdGBy8iLpocC&pg=PA1 Landmark Writings in Western Mathematics 1640-1940]'' (p. 1). Elsevier.</ref>

==Events==
* The semi-formal [[Oxford Philosophical Club]] of natural philosophers begins to meet; it is a predecessor of the [[Royal Society]] of London.

==Births==
* March 3 – [[John Floyer (physician)|John Floyer]], English [[physician]] (died [[1734 in science|1734]])

==Deaths==
* September 6 – [[Robert Dudley (explorer)|Robert Dudley]], English-born navigator (born [[1574 in science|1574]])

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