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1660 in science
The year 1660 in science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here.
See also: 1659 in science, other events of 1660, 1661 in science and the list of years in science.
Physics
- Robert Boyle publishes his work on the properties of air, which includes his discovery, Boyle's law, which describes the inverse relationship between volume and pressure in a gas.
Births
- February 19 - Friedrich Hoffmann, physician and chemist (died 1742)
- April 16 - Hans Sloane, British collector and physician (died 1753)
- Edward Llwyd, Welsh naturalist (died 1709)
Deaths
- May 29 - Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician who is most known for popularizing the analytic geometry of René Descartes (born 1615)
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