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The year '''1670 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved some significant events.

==Botany==
* [[John Ray]] publishes ''Catalogus plantarum Angliæ'', the basis of all later [[Flora (publication)|floras]] of England.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Ray: Catalogus plantarum Angliae|url=https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/specialcollections/virtualexhibitions/birdsbeesandblooms/blooms/johnraycatalogusplantarumangliae/|website=www.gla.ac.uk|accessdate=5 April 2018}}</ref>
* The predecessor of the [[Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh]] is opened as a [[physic garden]] by Drs [[Robert Sibbald]] and [[Andrew Balfour (botanist)|Andrew Balfour]] in [[Holyrood, Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lost Edinburgh: The Physic Garden|url=https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/lost-edinburgh-the-physic-garden-1-3494503|website=Scotsman|accessdate=5 April 2018}}</ref>

==Earth sciences==
* [[Jean Picard]] calculates the [[Earth radius]] to within 0.44% of the modern value.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Barentine|first1=John C.|title=The Lost Constellations: A History of Obsolete, Extinct, or Forgotten Star Lore|date=2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783319227955|page=308|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_7NCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA308}}</ref>
* [[Agostino Scilla]] publishes ''{{lang|it|La vana speculazione disingannata dal senso: lettera risponsiva c. i corpi marini, che petrificati si trovano in varii luoghi terrestri}}'' ("Vain Speculation Undeceived by Sense") in [[Naples]], arguing for an organic origin for fossils.<ref>{{cite web|title=Scilla, Agostino, 1670, La Vana Speculazione. Engraved title page. :: Emblematic Science|url=http://lhldigital.lindahall.org/cdm/ref/collection/emblematic/id/62|website=lhldigital.lindahall.org|accessdate=5 April 2018}}</ref>

==Technology==
* The first [[longcase clock]] is built in England by William Clement.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Usry|first1=Terri|title=Antique Clocks: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly|date=2015|publisher=Lulu Press, Inc|isbn=9781329632738|page=22|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wkHPCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT22}}</ref>

==Births==
* February 25 – [[Maria Margarethe Kirch|Maria Margarethe Kirch ''born'' Winckelmann]], German [[astronomer]] (died [[1720 in science|1720]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Maria Kirch – German astronomer|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maria-Kirch|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=5 April 2018}}</ref>

==Deaths==
* March 10 – [[Johann Rudolf Glauber]], German [[chemist]] (born [[1604 in science|1604]])<ref>{{cite web|title=The Galileo Project|url=http://galileo.rice.edu/Catalog/NewFiles/glauber.html|website=galileo.rice.edu|accessdate=5 April 2018}}</ref>
* May 21 – [[Niccolò Zucchi]], Italian astronomer (born [[1586 in science|1586]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Niccolò Zucci – Italian astronomer|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Niccolo-Zucchi|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|accessdate=5 April 2018}}</ref>

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