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The year '''1663 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Astronomy==
* Scottish mathematician [[James Gregory (mathematician)|James Gregory]] publishes ''Optica Promota'', describing theoretically the [[Gregorian telescope]].

==Exploration==
* March 4 – The [[Prince Edward Islands]] in the [[sub-antarctic]] [[Indian Ocean]] are discovered by Barent Barentszoon Lam of the [[Netherlands|Dutch]] ship ''Maerseveen'' and named ''Dina'' (Prince Edward) and ''Maerseveen'' (Marion).<ref>Leupe, Pieter Arend Leupe (1868). "De eilanden Dina en Maerseveen in den Zuider Atlantischen Oceaan" in: ''Verhandelingen en berigten betrekkelijk het zeewezen, de zeevaartkunde, de hydrographie, de koloniën en de daarmede in verband staande wetenschappen'', Deel 28, Afd. 2, [no.] 9 (Amsterdam) pp. 242–253.</ref>

==Mathematics==
* The first book about games of chance, [[Girolamo Cardano]]'s ''Liber de ludo aleae'' ("On Casting the Die"), written in the 1560s, is published.<ref>{{cite book|first=V. J.|last=Katz|title=A History of Mathematics: An Introduction|edition=3rd|location=Boston, Mass.|publisher=Pearson Education|year=2009|page=488}}</ref>

==Meteorology==
* October 7 – [[Robert Hooke]] presents his "Method for making a history of the weather" to the [[Royal Society]] of London.<ref>{{cite book|last=Espinasse|first=Margaret|title=Robert Hooke|year=1956|publisher=Heinemann|location=London|page=50|oclc=459411551}}</ref>

==Technology==
* The earliest known surviving clock with an [[anchor escapement]] is made by William Clement in England.<ref>{{cite book|last=Reid|first=Thomas|title=Treatise on Clock and Watch-making, Theoretical and Practical|publisher=Carey & Lea|year=1832|location=Philadelphia, Pa|url=https://archive.org/details/treatiseonclock01reidgoog|page=[https://archive.org/details/treatiseonclock01reidgoog/page/n198 184]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Beckett|first=Edmund|authorlink=Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe|year=1874|title=A Rudimentary Treatise on Clocks and Watches and Bells|edition=6th|publisher=Lockwood|location=London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OvQ3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA75|page=71}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Usher|first=Abbott Payson|title=A History of Mechanical Inventions|year=1988|publisher=Courier Dover|location=New York|page=313|isbn=0-486-25593-X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xuDDqqa8FlwC&pg=PA312}}</ref><ref>The clock is in the [[Irish Museum of Time]]. {{cite news|date=2024-03-28|title=Museum of Time...|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/museum-of-time-faces-exercise-in-patience-putting-200-clocks-forward-this-weekend/a1629974158.html|access-date=2024-09-26|newspaper=Irish Independent|location=Dublin}}</ref>

==Publications==
* [[Robert Boyle]] publishes ''Considerations touching the Usefulness of Experimental Natural Philosophy'' (first part).

==Births==
* August 31 – [[Guillaume Amontons]], French scientific instrument inventor and [[physicist]] (died [[1705 in science|1705]])

==Deaths==
* December 28 – [[Francesco Maria Grimaldi]], Italian physicist (born [[1618 in science|1618]])

==References==
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