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''See also:'' 1650 In Science , Other Events Of 1651 , 1652 In Science , List Of Years In Science .

ANATOMY

Jean Pecquet publishes ''Experimenta nova anatomica'' which includes his findings on the lymphatic system

William Harvey describes organ formation in the developing Embryo in '' De Generatione ''.

ASTRONOMY

William Gilbert 's ''A New Philosophy of Our Sublunar World'' is published posthumously. It theorises that the fixed stars are not all the same distance from Earth, and that the force of Magnetism holds the Planet s in Orbit around the Sun .

Italian astronomer Giovanni Battista Riccioli publishes a map of the Moon . It gives names to many features which are still used today.

CHEMISTRY

German scientist Johann Glauber publishes ''Opera omnia chymica (Complete Works of Chemistry)'' which is a description of different techniques in Chemistry .

BIRTHS

William Dampier , English explorer and hydrographic surveyor who circumnavigated the world three times (died 1715 )

DEATHS